Goddess Diet Plan
introduction

The Goddess Plan is a lifelong method for any woman or girl to achieve and maintain Goddess status. The Goddess Diet Plan may also be used by men and boys, with small modifications for gender and sex.

summary

This diet is customized to each individual by each individual. It is easy to adjust to match doctors orders.

This diet is similar to many healthy diets and can easily be adjusted to meet the requirements of most healthy diets.

The essence of this diet is things most everyone already knows: * * *Eat less meat. Eat lots of plants. Eat less processed foods. Cut back on salt, sugar, and fat. Eat plants. Eat lots of plants. Eat a wide variety of plants. Keep introducing good plants to replace and take up the eating space currently occupied by things that you already know you need to change.* * *

Slow incremental changes towards a healthy diet makes it easier to maintain a healthy diet for life.

Extreme diets tend to deprive the body of some essential nutrient for about three weeks, resulting in weight loss. Some is often just water loss from less salt. Some is from the loss of an essential nutrient. But the weight loss is temporary. That much weight, and often more, comes back. And the three weeks of deprivation of an essential nutrient may cause permanent damage to the body.

This diet is presented in days. Those do not have to be consecutive days. While too much change at once is overwhelming (and likely to cause enough chaos for failure), you can do more than one day of this diet in a single real day or spread a day of this diet over several days, a week, or more. Adopt this diet to your own schedule and make it wrok personally for you.

Change at a pace that you can sustain. Of course, make any immediate changes a doctor orders. Otherwise, change at your own pace.

You already know a lot of what is here.

You do not have to be a Witch or Pagan to follow this diet. You do not have to believe in Goddess. You may have any religion or no religion at all.

This is a seven year diet plan intended for recovery from health disaster. The Goddess diet will help you recover from (or control) obesity, diabetes, heart disease, celiac disease, food allergies, and other common health problems.

Almost everyone knows this is a health disaster. The common response is to use over the counter pharamceutical company drugs to cover up the adverse symptoms so that the bad diet can be continued. Until a serious, life-threatening problem occurs. Uh, oh.

The Goddess Diet is just plain good natural eating. You have probably at least heard of most everything here. You probably generally know these things are good for you. You may be forced into healthy eating patterns by a life-threatening disease or trauma. You may be tired of being overweight. You may already be healthy and just want to tune up your diet.

Whatever the reason and your personal circumstances, you are now ready to fix your diet.

The Goddess Diet Plan goes beyond simple rules and restrictions, instead providing general ideas that each person must customize to the individual needs of his or her own body. You can modify and change the order of the steps to meet your own needs.

Note that this web page is still being written and is being changed and updated on a regular basis.

Information on cutting back on sugar and salt being added.

basics

tomb of Queen Nefertari

We are taught that diet and exercise are the only factors in being healthy and that those who are overweight are simply lazy and undisciplined. Thats garbage.

While exercise, nutrition, and diet are important factors, the greatest single cause of obesity is depression. The most common self-treatment for depression is eating comfort food.

The second most common cause of obesity is low self-esteem. If a woman doesntt love herself, then she has little or no motivation to properly take care of her body.

The starting point for achieving and maintaining a healthy body is to create a lifetstyle that encourages and supports love of self.

Certainly you want to learn the right foods to eat and the proper exercise and that kind of stuff, but it is far more important to transform your mind and spirit.

You want to set yourself free from the ancient Sumerian belief in sin-nature and realize that you are a manifestation of the divine. You are Goddess incarnate!

You can use Witchcraft to transform your life and achieve a healthy you.

Learning about how food affects the health of the body is a very practical way to start learning about Witchcraft.

As you learn about healthy eating, your overall health will improve, but you need to avoid the tendency to start lecturing your friends. Nobody appreciates the Food Nazi.

Health is more than simply the absence of illness. It is the active state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being.World Health Organization

The process of a woman seeking the Goddess within involves both the physical and the spiritual.

Any woman can become goddess incarnate, but very few women actually achieve this goal. The path towards this goal is often fulfilling and enriching on its own. Sometimes the journey really is more important than the destination.

One of the most interesting developments in womens spirituality is that of a widespread view of Goddess as immanent rather than transcendent, i.e. within each person, within all of nature, not as a woman sitting on a throne or flying around up in the heavens. Many women today perceive Goddess not only as immanent but as immament process, as the flow of life energy. Merlin Stone in Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood, page xiii

Some women have numerous advantages (such as genetics, economic wealth, cultural acceptance, control over their time, etc.) and still fail to become goddesses, while other women facing extreme hardships (such as physical disabilities, mental disabilities, poverty, cultural oppression, poor neighborhoods, etc.) are able to become goddesses.

Certainly there are many external circumstances and other factors out of your control, but there is much that each woman can do if she really wants to.

Ancient cultures have three basic archetypes of goddess: Maiden, Mother, and Grandmother (or crone). You will want to achieve the goddess nature appropriate for your age.

doctors orders

You may already have doctors orders. Obey those orders. If you strongly disagree, seek a new doctor with more palatable orders.

You may find that your doctors orders already include elements of this diet. If so, immediately implement your doctors orders and follow up with the rest of this diet.

If you can afford to do so, have your doctor examine this diet and either approve it or modify it before you start using it. Follow any modifications made by your doctor.

You may speed up or slow down implementation of this diet.

You may skip steps that you are not ready for, although this may diminish the positive effect of the other changes.

Just as doctors orders may jump steps to the front of the list, you may also start some things early. Understand that small refinements that come later in the process may have no effect until the larger issues are dealt with. Avoid the temptation to only do those parts that you find easy, as that will continue down the path of disaster to eventual death.

A 2006 survey of obese American adults revealed that 70% of these obese adults thought they ate a healthy diet! Obviously there is a great deal of confusion about what constitutes a healthy diet.

The typical diet plan in popular mass market diet books provide a list of easy to follow directions that a person follows for a short period of time. One to four weeks produces a temporary weight loss of five to twenty (5-20) pounds. This is typically water loss, but can be some other harmful effect.

Most people can maintain a strict diet (even ridiculously strict) for an average of 21 days. Severely restrict any one (or more) essential macronutrient for 21 days and there will be almost certain weight loss. Some fad diets can cause longterm health damage along with temporary weight loss.

A short trendy diet is followed by a return to your normal habits. You regain the weight you just lost, plus a few extra new pounds as your body tries to recover from the drastic swings in diet it just experienced.

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings.Hippocrates

healthy Goddess Diet

The Goddess Diet Plan is different. This is a long term plan for permanent life changes that allow you to bring out the Goddess within yourself.

With the Goddess Diet Plan, you learn about your body and apply time proven physical, mental, and spiritual changes that transform you into a manifestation of the Goddess of your choice.

The three basic Goddess archetypes are the Maiden, Mother, and Grandmother. There are a wide variety of Goddesses of each type from cultures all over the world. Pick one or more Goddess archetypes that are appropriate for you personally.

The Greeks divided the Maiden archetype into three kinds: Kore Persephone (the young woman seeking marriage and family), Kore Athena (the young woman pursueing a profession or craft), and Kore Artemis (the wild young woman, including lesbians, musicians, artists, and librarians).

In reality, what matters is the quality of the food eaten. A good diversity of high quality foods will tend to naturally result in a good diet, without having to do math.

changing habits

The Goddess Plan takes into account that human beings are creatures of habit. You are going to create new habits. It is impossible to simply break an old habit.

As an exercise, for the next thirty (30) seconds, attempt to avoid thinking about pink unicorns. Really concentrate on avoiding thinking about pink unicorns. Do this experiment now.

You will find that the more you concentrate on not thinking of pink unicorns, the more you actually think about pink unicorns. No human being can break a habit through sheer will power.

Now for thirty (30 seconds, concentrate on thinking about black cats. Imagine a black cat. Picture the black cat in detail. Think about exactly what the black cat looks like. Think about exactly how the black cat acts. Concetrate completely on the black cat. Do this experiment now.

At the end of the second experiment you will notice that you did not think of the pink unicorn. Human beings can replace old habits with new habits.

The secret to success is to replace old habits with new habits, rather than attempting to simply break old habits through sheer will power.

changing day by day

Another problem with most diet and health plans is sudden drastic change. There is only so much that any one human can handle at one time.

If you overload yourself with too much to do (on top of your already busy life), then you will fail. You simply wont be able to keep up with it all. You will be overwhelmed and fail.

The Goddess Plan includes a daily plan of one healthy change a day. This is a manageable amount of change for most people. This is an amount of change that is sustainable for a lifetime. Each day you will improve your health and become sexier.

Basic nutritional information is interwoven with the specific diet change suggestions. Diet books typically present all of this information at once as an overwhelming mass of data. Spreading it out through the suggested diet changes allows you to learn nutritional theory at a steady pace at the same time you are making practical changes.

This daily plan assumes a reasonably healthy start. If you have are under medical care for a drastic, life-threatening condition, then you need to immediately follow your doctors orders.

If you are reasonably healthy, you can start the Goddess Plan at any time.

Feel free to adjust the plan to your personal needs.

If you have special health needs, then modify the Goddess Plan to take into account your special needs. For example, if you are allergic to a specific food that is recommended by the plan, then use your growing knowledge of Witchcraft and good health to design your own personal substitute that serves the same essential need.

If you already are practicing a healthier lifestyle, you may be able to skip over some steps, either because you are already doing them or because you are already doing a more advanced and healthier option. Of course, avoid becoming over-enthusiastic and attempting to do too much at once.

If you are struggling with a step (or a group of steps), you may want to slow down the pace of the plan, possibly making changes every other day or every few days instead of dialy.

Adjust the Goddess Plan to your specific needs, body, and life.

note:

Note that the day by day plan is being written more slowly than the days are passing. This is not a problem because the plan involves making long term changes for the better and you are encouraged to work at your own personal pace, which will probably be less than one change per day anyway. I currently have about four to five hours a week to write for the entire website. Please be patient.

explanations

The Goddess Plan provides for every step. Witchcraft is based on knowledge. Unlike the typical person who blindly follows whatever fad is popular at the moment, on the Goddess Plan you will learn why you are doing each step so that you can obtaint he maximum positive health effects.

This knowledge will allow you to modify the Goddess Plan to fit your specific and unique body and life.

This knowledge will also allow you to function better as a Witch and give appropriate advice to others who seek out the counsel of a Wise Woman.

hitting bottom

Every individual has a different personal bottom. This is the lowest point where you finally realize you have a serious problem you can no longer ignore your problem and you finally take realistic actions toward recovery.

You may have had severe diet-induced health problems, such as diabetes, heart attack, stroke, organ transplant, or cancer.

You may simply be on the path to major, life-threatening conditions and realized that you dont want to be any fatter, more tire, or less healthy.

Everyone has a different bottom. If you have not yet reached your personal bottom, you will only dabble at solutions rather than make the long-term commitment to healthy eating.

intelligence

This disaster recovery diet assumes that you are willing to use your native human inteligence. You will have to consciously think about what you eat and plan accordingly.

Common sense simply is not common.

90,000 years

For approximately the first 90,000 years of the existence of the modern human, our ancestors continued to use the technology of our immediate predecessor. We didnt start using our flashy new modern brains until we got our asses kicked by Neanderthal in what is now Israel/palestine.

As we attempted to emerge from Africa, we came up against a similar species that used the exact same weapons technology (especially spears and axes intended for hand-held use). Neanderthal was bigger and stronger than we are. They easily chased us back to Africa.

Some of our ancestors used their modern brain and came up with a new design for spears that could be thrown.

In the next clash we easily defeated Neanderthal because we could strike at a distance, defeating them before they could use their superior strength and size advantages.

We eventually chased Neadnerthal out of Europe. This was accompanied by an explosion of new tehcnologies, including the introduction of art and civilization.

It took us modern humans 90,000 years with our modern brain before we hit bottom and started using it.

applying intelligence

This disaster recovery diet assumes that you are among those humans who are willing to actually use your flashy new modern human brain. That you are willing to think. That you are willing to plan. That you are willing to take positive action and control over your own health.

You have to be willing to read. Less than 10% of adult Americans are regular readers. Regular reader being defined as someone who reads at least once a week for some reason other than school or work. And that once a week can be something as simple as reading a single comic strip!

While this does count as educational reading, you will have to be more willing to read and think than the average human.

Are you ready to use your brain to save you own life?

seven year diet plan

This is a seven year diet plan. That number is based on cellular activity. It will take approximately seven (7) years for your body to recover from your previous eating habits.

Once you have recovered, it would be wise to continue healthy eating for the remainder of your life.

While this diet concentrates on the recovery phase, you will learn the principles for long term, sustainable healthy eating.

fad diets

There are more than 28,000 different diets in the English language. The vast majority are fad diets.

Most fad diets are based on some kind of starvation.

Humans can exhibit extreme discipline for short periods of time. Most anyone can go on almost any extreme diet, no matter how extreme, for a short period of time (typical endurance is about three weeks).

Most fad diets starve the body of one key nutrient. Over a period of about three weeks, any kind of starvation will result in noticeable (often impressive) weight loss.

Unfortunately, there are harmful effects from these short periods of starvation. The harmful effects vary depending on the kind of starvation. Some of these cause long-term damage to the body

In the worst cases, the long-term damage actually causes the body to change at a cellular level. These changes cause the normal American unhealthy diet to become even unhealthier! The body changes thw way it processes food and you end up worse than you were before the fad diet.

super foods

The idea of super foods is a fallacy.

No single food meets all human nutritional needs. No single food by itself can make a person healthy, especially if mixed into an otherwise unhealthy diet.

Further, many of the proclaimed super foods are exotic and very expensive. Typically, the same nutrients (often in greater quantity) can be found in less expensive foods or a combination of less expensive foods.

You will find some of the famous exotic super foods on this list, but not as single super hero main components of your diet, but as one of many different food items that you should eat throughout the year.

healthy eating

Chances are that you already have a general idea of what is healthy eatng. You probably dont know allthe details. You probably have some mistaken beliefs. But you generally know what is healthy and what isnt.

As you read this diet, apply your general common sense knowledge. Think and test for yourself whether or not this is reasonable.

You may notice that this material suddenly and abruptly ends. That is because I am still transferring the information into writing.

Return weekly (or even every few days) and you will find more information has been added.

To your good health.

servings/portions

The ideal for a human is continual eating while travelling long distances, with an occasional stop for a cooked meal. We are designed by Goddess to be long distance walkers and runners. In the hunter-gether days (which actually were primarily gathering and gardening supplemented with fishing and trapping, with hunting being fairly rare), a family or tribe would typically travel a thousand to three thousand miles per year on a regular circuit, gathering in larger groups at selected times of the year when the local bounty could support a lager group.

Goddess designed our bodies for long distance walking and running. We can sweat while exercising, allowing continued long term physical exertion. Our big butts, legs, backs, and other features are structured for long distance walking and running. We can walk and run continiously for longer than any other species on the planet.

The switch to a few large meals came with the agricultural revolution. Our bodies are not designed for that eating model.

It may be difficult in a modern urban society, but it is best to switch to five to seven small meals a day, with additional snacking in between.

It is important to note that this is not the same as adding a bunch of meals and snacks to the three large meals of Western society.

Eat the same amount of food (assuming you are eating the correct amount of food for your size, age, gender, and body), but spread it out more evenly through the day.

The first meal of the day, breakfast, is the most important meal of the day and should generally be the largest meal of the day.

A noon time or mid-day lunch can also be a bit larger meal than the others, but not as large as in the urban three meal practice.

Feast meals are special occasions and may involve more food than normal for a single meal. Adjust that days other meals accordingly.

The four major macronutrients are: water, carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. The exact proportion needed varies by body type. You can use Ayarveda to determine your body type. It is important to match the proportions of carbs, proteins, and fats according to your individual body type. Experiment and learn the correct balance for yourself.

Alcohol: Optional maximum of one glass of red wine or one glass of beer or ale per day. No alcohol is better.

Fats: 2-5 daily servings (adjusted for your body type).

Poultry, Eggs, Cheese, Yogurt, and Dairy: Once a day to once a week (once a week is better). At the highest level of the Goddess diet, these are removed entirely.

Fish and Seafood: Once a day to twice a week. At the highest level of the Goddess diet, these are removed entirely for the Seth variation (which is purely vegan), but remain for the Heru Sa Aset (Horus) and Aset (Isis) variations.

Vegetable Oils: A good mixture of quality oils daily, including olive oil at least once per day and hemp seed oil at least once per day.

social eating

Eating in a social setting is an important part of a proper diet.

Eating habits tend to transfer. Surround yourself with people who have good eating habits and you will tend to have good eating habits yourself. Surround yourself with people who have bad eating habits and you will tend to have bad eating habits yourself.

Social talking will slow down the eating process, resulting in more time for your body to give you appropriate signals about fullness, resulting in better portion control.

Socializing while eating will also help your body better digest the foods that you eat. Goddess created humans as social animals. Our bodies need social activity to remain healthy.

Three enthusiastic kisses a day will burn three pounds of fat a year.

overweight and obesity

Two of the most common health problems in the U.S. and the Western world in general are overweight and obesity (a more extreme version of being overweight). Yes, the phrase overweight and obesity sounds strange and seems to break a basic grammatical rule, but this is the way the medical profession actually refers to these two health problems.

The Goddess Diet Plan directly addresses all but the most extreme cases of overweight and obesity. If you are too heavy to leave your home then you need immediate medical intervention to save your life.

The major goals for treating overweight and obesity:

Cut fat intake.

Exercise.

Cut sugar intake.

Cut salt intake.

Switch from processed foods to whole natural foods.

Take care with carbohydrates, emphasizing low glycemic index.

Eat whole grains and fiber rich fruits and vegetables.

Limit or stop eating meat.

pre-diabetes and diabetes

Diabetes is divided into three groups: type 1 (requiring insulin treatment), type 2 (which can be controlled by diet and exercise alone), and gestational diabetes (pregnant women and their babies).

Pre-diabetes is a condition where the bodys ability to produce insulin is compromised but not yet to the levels of diabetes.

Diet and exercise can cure pre-diabetes. Diet and exercise are used to control diabetes. Only in very rare cases has diet actually cured diabetes.

There is a huge amount of debate about what is the proper diet for diabetes, although some things (especially reducing sugar and simple carbohydrate intake) are common.

The Pritikin Program created by Nathan Pritikin in 1976 emphasizes carbohydrates and fiber, with fresh fruit, vegetables, and whole grains.

The G.I. Diet counts the Glycemic Index (G.I.) of foods and emphasizes low G.I. foods. Although originally researched for diabetes, this is not a diet specifically for diabetics. The principles of a G.I. diet are useful for many other persons.

The High Fiber Diet emphasizes plants high in fiber.

The Zone Diet created by Barry Sears emphasizes a balance of 40% carbohydrates, 30% proteins, and 30% fats. This is not a diet specifically for diabetics.

The Paleolithic Diet calls for foods that were common in the pre-agriculture paleolithic period. This is not a diet specifically for diabetics.

The Vegan Diet is part of a philosophy of not using any animal products, not just in food but also in clothing and other parts of life. This is not a diet specifically for diabetics.

The Raw Foods Diet emphasizes uncooked raw whole foods, usually plants. This is not a diet specifically for diabetics.

The Goddess Diet Plan with some minor modifications is appropriate for most diabetics.

The major goals for treating pre-diabetes and diabetes:

Limit sweets.

Eat often (lots of small meals).

Take care with carbohydrates, emphasizing low glycemic index.

Eat whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.

Limit fat.

Limit alcohol.

Exercise.

heart disease and stroke

Diet and exercise can prevent heart disease and stroke, as well as help in recovery.

The Goddess Diet Plan with some minor modifications is appropriate for cancer prevention and recovery.

The major goals for treating and preventing cancer:

Completely stop eating red meat, egg yolks, and organ meats.

Cut back on omega 6 essential fatty acids.

Increase activated omega 3 essential fatty acid (EPA).

Reduce insulin levels.

Restrict total calorie intake (without sacrificing protein).

Eat fiber rich fruits and vegetables.

addictions

The harmful effects of many addictions are so great as to overwhelm any changes in diet.

If you have a currently active feeding addiction to tobacco, opiates, heroin, alcohol, speed, tranquilizers, barbituates, cocaine, or other similar substances, then you are not ready for this diet (although it will help in the recovery after you have stopped actively feeding the addiciton).

If you simply have excesses of alcohol, sugar, salt, or similar problems, this diet will help you with the excess. But if you have an addiction, solve the addiction before starting this diet.

If you have a sugar and/or salt addiction, then this diet will help you end the addiction.

Sugar and salt addictions often happen as a connected pair.

You should move away from refined sugar, artificial sweetners, and other sweetners as rapidly as is safe for your body regardless fo whether or not you have a sugar addiction.

If you have a sugar addiction you should completely stop the use of refined sugar. Ever.

You should move away from ordinary table salt as rapidly as is safe for your body regardless fo whether or not you have a salt addiction.

If you have a salt addiction you should completely stop the use of table salt. Ever.

tobacco

Tobacco features nicotine, one of the most addictive substances known, more than twice as addictive as heroin.

A common American reason for acidosis (acid overload) is the nicotine in tobacco.

Quitting isnt easy. Quitting is esential.

Day 1: dedication

The first and most important part of the entire Goddess Plan is your dedication to success.

If you dont make a commitment, there is very little chance of success.

The dedication can be very simple (such as writing down your goal in a pocket-size diet and exercise diary) or very complex (such as full Witchcraft ritual), or anything in between.

This dedication can involve the divine, such as the ancient Egyptian Ntr and neteru, the Hindu Krishna and Radha, the Jewish Yahweh and Asherah, the Roman Isis and Diana, the Zoroastrian Ahura Mazda, the Christian Jesus and Mary, the Islamic Allah, the Wiccan Lord and Lady, or any other religions deities or leaders.

The important thing is to formally dedicate yourself to the goal of being a healthy and sexy Witch in a year.

blessing food

Blessing food is the most important part of the Goddess Diet Plan.

Success in the Goddess Diet Plan requires the active participation and assistance of the Divine. Only with the help of Goddess who created and gave birth to this universe and all other universes can you succeed in being spiritually, mentally, and physically healthy.

Thank Goddess when you acquire food.

Thank Goddess when you prepare food. Make sure that the Divine energy is infused into your cooking.

For those of you looking for a more scientific reason, blessing food and thanking Goddess centers you and puts you into the moment, lowering your heart rate, blood pressure, and stress levels.

rich and poor

Poor persons may have trouble following this diet. The policy of the U.S. government since the Great Depression has been to provide incentives for cheap junk food to prevent widespread hunger. This policy prevents revolution and riots driven by widespread hunger. This policy also makes poor people obese and creates food-driven diseases and ailments that greatly shorten life expectancy, lowering the amount of money the government has to pay out on social security programs.

Those on a restricted budget will find that most of easily obtained low cost foods are bad for human health. There are great foods available at low cost, such as bags of whole beans and bags of whole grains. The trade-off is increased preparation times.

Obtaining a crock-pot or slow cooker will allow the poor to spend long hours at low-paying jobs (often more than one job a day), but still return home to high quality foods.

The rich often have the opposite problem of eating to impress. Many of the most expensive foods are horribly unhealthy. These include fancy steaks and super sugary desserts.

The rich can easily afford extreme excesses of meats and extreme excesses of sugar desserts.

My grandfather was a photographer for the New York Times,Saturday Evening Post, and Life magazine (including as a war correspondent in World War II). His meals were covered by an expense account, effectively allowing him to eat like a rich person. Coming from a poor background, he ate whatever was the most expensive item on the menu, which typically was some kind of steak. He developed a taste for expensive cuts of meat. Decades of eating expensive steaks eventually led to three heart attacks. After the first heart attack he rather quickly returned to his previous diet simple because he loved the food he was accustomed to eating. After the second heart attack he radically changed his diet. Unfortunately the damage was too severe and the third heart attack killed him.

It is wise for the rich to refrain from excess.

Day 2: morning water

Water and morning water are sacred to Aset (Isis). Honor and thank Aset for water.

From this day on, always start each day by drinking a glass of warm water. You may optionally include fresh squeezed lemon or lime juice.

Obtain organic fresh ripe lemons or limes. Bright green limes are not ripe. Ripe limes have started to yellow.

Drink the lemon or lime juice in your morning water within 10 minutes of squeezing the juice.

Store leoms and limes at room temperature on a counter that receives sunlight. Do not refrigerate lemons or limes. Use lemons and limes within three days. Check twice daily for spoilage.

The purpose is to rehydrate your body after a full nights sleep. Throughout the night, your body is using up its supply of water, but isnt receiving any new water. By the time you wake up, your body is in serious need of water, one of the most vital of all essential nutrients.

As soon as you get up, drink a glass of warn water and immediately get new water into your body. You will learn more about the importance of water and proper hydration later in the Goddess Plan.

The reason the water is warm is to gently raise your core body tempaerature. It is normal for your body to reduce its temperature while you sleep. By gently raising your core body temperature, you invigorate your body and help yourself wake up ready to take on the challenges of your day. This is also in keeping with the principle of yang foods and beverages in the morning (see below).

The lemon or lime juice adds vital minerals and other micronutrients that your body has used up during the night. It is important to use fresh squeezed fruit juice, not pre-packaged juices. If you must start with pre-packaged juices, switch to fresh-squeezed live juice as soon as possible.

Dr. Barry Sears, Ph.D., author of the popular Zone series of diet books, claims to have scientifically verified that the ideal percentages are 40-30-30 (40% of your diet should consist of carbohydrates, 30% should be proteins, and 30% should be fats).

Day 3: water

Water is sacred to Aset (Isis) and Tefnut. Honor and thank Aset and Tefnut for water.

Drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day. Twelve glasses of water a day is better.

One plan for getting enough water is to drink a glass of water every hour on the hour from when you wake up until sunset.

Water is the most important of the macronutrients.

At birth the human body is up to 90% water. A typical adult human has about 70% water. The elderly can drop to 60% water as their body loses the ability to retain water. Human blood is about 94% water.

You should get significant amounts of water within the food you eat, especially if you eat raw frutis and vegetables.

Most Americans drink too little water. Many Americans confuse the feeling of thirst with the feeling of hunger and feed themselves food when their body is really craving water. This is why many diets include drinking water as the first response to feelign hungry. If the problem was thirst, drinking water will solve the mistaken feeling of hunger (which was really the feeling of thirst).

But you shouldnt wait until you feel thirsty to drink water. By the time you feel thirsty your body has already lost at least 1% of its total water.

Drink plenty of water throughout the day, fairly evenly spaced. You can dink some of your water as healthy teas.

Do not drinks lots of any fluid while eating a meal. Large quantites of water can dilute the stomach emzymes and acids, reducing the ability to digest properly, resulting in less nutrients being absorbed into the body.

It is best to drink a small quantity of water shortly before a meal (typically about 10 minutes before eating) and drink nothing or just drink sparingly while eating.

If you give in to a craving and eat something that you know is bad for you, you can immediately drink plenty of water to partially limit the harm. The excess water will mean less is absorbed into the body, reducing the harm of a bad food choice.

exercise

Which fits better in your busy schedule: one hour a day of exercise or 24 hours a day of being dead?

A 2006 survey of obese American adults revealed that 40% of these obese adults thought they engaged in vigorous exercise at least three times a week! Obviously there is a great deal of confusion about what constitutes vigroous exercise.

Proper exercise is an important part of good health. Many Western women try to control their health through diet alone. While diet does have a powerful effect on health, it is not the only component of good health. Good exercise is important for both physical and mental health (you will feel better about yourself after a good workout).

Day 4: hemp seed oil

Eat one (1) to two (2) tablespoons of hemp seed oil a day. The total of hempseed oil and flaxssed oil and olive oil should not exceed two (2) to three (3) tablespoons a day.

Hemp seed oil is too fragile for cooking. The oils delicate omega-3 essential fatty acids will oxidize under exposure to heat, air, or light. Use for salad dressings, drizzles on prepared foods, herbal/seasoned oil dips, and similar cold oil uses. Always store hemp seed oil in an opaque container in your freezer (the oil wont freeze at normal freezer temperatures, but will last up to a month).

On days when you use olive oil, flax seed oil, or other nutritional oils (as contrasted with using oils as cooking oils), cut back to one (1) tablespoon of hemp seed oil.

Hemp seed oil has all of the Essential Fatty Acids (EFA) the human body must receive from food in order to remain healthy.

Further hemp seed oil is the only naturally occurring oil that has the exact proportions of omega-3 and omega-6 Essential Fatty Acds needed by the human body. With all other oil choices, you must blend oils to obtain the correct proportions. This indicates a logn term (at least 10,000 years) symbiotic relationship between humans and the cannabis plant (or divine intervention).

Nobody in history has ever died of an overdose of hemp seed oil.

Note that hemp seed oil is made from the same cannabis plant that produces marijuana. While hemp seed oil (or any other part of the hemp seed) contains no THC, it does contain natural cannabinoids. Inexpensive drug tests check for cannabinoids rather than THC and will therefore present a false positive if you consume hemp seed oil for nutritional, health, and/or religious purposes.

Day 5: beverage choices

An important matter is making better beverage choices. This is one of the very first things to fix in your diet (if you dont already make good beverage choices).

Most of these choices will be discussed in more detail in the entries for future days on the Goddess Diet Plan, but a short, general discussion is included here.

Drink an 8-ounce glass of still water once an hour until sunset. The water can be sipped over an extended period of time. Later into the Goddess Diet Plan, switch to eight 8-ounce glasses of water, tea (herbal or green), or 100% pure organic fresh squeezed fruit juice during the daytime (your choice of which liquid).

The following beverages should be reduced (and eventually eliminated), but can be used during the transition to healthier beverage choices: black tea and decaffeinated coffee. Also during the transition you may use store-bought carton based orange, apple, or fruit juices that are diluted with 50% water.

stretching exercises

On this day of the Goddess Plan, you will start exercising. If you are already exercising, you can add these recommended exercises to your regular routine.

The first exercise in the Goddess Plan is the bend and reach. The bend and touch is one of the most basic stretching exercises. There are more advanced versions of this exercise that you may want to use later in the Goddess Plan.

Stand up straight in a relaxed erect position, with your feet about shoulder width apart. Lift your arms over your head. Bend foward to touch the floor or ground between your feet. Return to the starting position. Each return to the starting position counts as one repetition of the bend and reach.

If you have not been exercising, only attempt one repetition of the bend and reach exercise. You will eventually want to build up to between 10 and 30 repetitions of the bend and reach exercise. Do not increase your number of repetitions by more than one additional repetition per day. it is important to avoid straining or damaging your muscles by over vigorous physical activity beyond your current abilities. it is essential to build up any new exercise slowly over days and weeks.

Do not lock your knees straight. Keep your knees loose. On the other hand, do not go into deep knee bends. Both extremes are harmful to delicate tissues in your knees and locking your knees can block blood flow, resulting in fainting.

For those who are new to exercise, especially if overweight, do not worry if you cant actually touch the ground yet. Bend down as far as you can comfortably bend. It is important to avoid any pain. This exercise should never hurt. Over a week or two build up to three to five repetitions of this exercise without worring about actually reaching the floor. Once you have reached three to five repetitions, stop increasing the number of repetitions and work on getting closer to the floor. Again, do not stretch beyond your abilities (because that can damage muscle, ligaments, and other tissues). Take as long as you need to build up to the point where you can actually touch the floor. Once you have successfully touched the floor, you can start increasing the number of repetitions (not more than one new rep a day).

Any exercise program requires a period of warm up and stretching exercises before attempting more vigorous exercise. Jumping right into vigorous exercise will damage muscles, ligaments, and other tissues.

In addition to gently stretching muscles and ligaments, the bend and reach exercise also helps keep the back bone flexible. A flexible back is an essential key to good health. If yourback is stiff and inflexible, it will interfere with free movement and proper exercise, as well as block kundalini and the flow of energy through your chakras. it is impossible to be fully healthy and fit without a flexible spine.

For more details on the bend and reach exercise, including illustrations and advanced options, see the article on bend and reach.

Day 6: processed foods

In general, the less processed a food is, the healthier it is. There are exceptions. Some foods cant be eaten unless they are cooked. Some foods are improved nutritionally when processed. But in general, whole foods are healthier than processed foods and raw foods are healthier than cooked foods.

Dont eat foods that your ancestors wouldnt recognize as food. Food manufacturers now make food-like substances, mostly from cheap processed ingredients such as corn syrup and soy pastes, laced with dozens of potentially toxic chemicals, and loaded with sugar, salt, and fat. Especially sugar, salt and fat, because those flavors trigger evolutionary desires and help cover up the nasty taste of the cheap ingredients and chemical stew.

In particular, cut out or reduce the use of white stuff: refined sugar, refined salt, and refined flour.

walking

Walking is good for you. Human beings were designed as long range walkers and runners. Humans are actually the best long distance walker of all the animal species on the planet Earth.

A common health suggestion is to walk at least 10,000 steps every day. This is a good goal for those who have had limited recent exercise.

Count your current number of steps a day. This is best done with a pedometer. There are smart phone apps that act as a pedometer.

Use your current regular number of steps a day as a starting point and each day try to add more steps at a pace you can handle without becoming discouraged and especially without hurting yourself. Stop if you feel any pain.

A better health goal is at least a half an hour to an hour of dedicated walking a day for at least four days a week (or equivalent motion, such as running).

Walking is a form of aerobic exercise. Regular walking is one of the best ways to move towards healthiness.

Jogging is harsh on the knees. Running and walking are natural motions.

Walking in a pool adds bouyancy that can assist those who might otherwise have difficulty walking.

Day 7: artificial sweeteners

Completely eliminate all artificial sweeteners from your diet.

carbohydrates

Your deitary intakes should be about 40-60% carbohydrates. The exact proportions needed vary from person to person.

Dont eat foods that your ancestors wouldnt recognize as food. Food manufacturers now make food-like substances, mostly from cheap processed ingredients such as corn syrup and soy pastes, laced with dozens of potentially toxic chemicals, and loaded with sugar, salt, and fat. Especially sugar, salt and fat, because those flavors trigger evolutionary desires and help cover up the nasty taste of the cheap ingredients and chemical stew.

Another important rule of thumb is to avoid any foods tht have corn syrup or high fructose corn syrup.

resistance training

Resistance training is a form of anaerobic exercise (without oxygen).

The most common kinds of resistance training are weight work (weight lifting, weight machines, etc.). The body itself can be used as the weight, such as push ups and pull ups. The reistsance can be a fixed surface.

Try to do at least a half an hour a day of resistance training.

Day 12: cut trans fats

Cut trans fats.

nutritional supplements

Supplements should only be used when you cant get the desired nutrients from real foods. Some people have severe health problems that prevent their ability to absorb certain nutrients or to digest the foods with those nutrients. More commonly, lifestyle issues interfere with eating properly. For example, students at most high schools have neither the facilities nor the time to eat proper lunches or snacks. Poverty, working conditions, long travel times, busy schedules, single parenting, etc. can all intefere with the ability to eat properly.

If you do need supplements, try to minimize the supplements to just the supplements you are really missing from your diet and try to take the minimum amount of supplements necessary to maintain health.

It is best to always check with a health care professional before starting any nutritional supplement.

If you experience any adverse reaction (including alergy) to any supplement, immediately stop using it and consult with a health care professional.

Day 13: oatmeal

Meal from the Avena Sativa plant.

Oat, a grain, is sacred to Aset (Isis) and Renenutet. Honor and thank Aset and Renenutet for oats and oatmeal.

Eat three to five servings of oatmeal a week. You may eat oatmeal every day.

Pure oats are glutten-free. Many processed oatmeals have glutten.

To avoid getting into a breakfast rut, also try quinoa, couscous, or brown rice for breakfast. Oatmeal can also be eaten at meals other than breakfast.

Epona, the Celtic Goddess of horses, was later adopted as aa Roman Goddess. Outside of Gaul, Epona was often depicted in the Imperial pose, holding apples, carrots, and oats in her lap.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Eat oats on days associated with Mercury and Jupiter.

Oats are a sacred Druidic herb of the Sabbats Lammas and Mabon.

Oats are used in money and prosperity spells. Grain or straw oats may be placed on your altar. Oat cakes may be used as offerings to Goddess.

Oats are an acid-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Those with celiac disease may be able to eat small amounts of oats (as long as the oats are not contaminated with glutten from wheat or other sources during processing). Check with your doctor or dietician.

Use slow cooked oatmeal. Avoid instant oatmeal. The complex carbohydrates in slow cooked oatmeal give it a low Glycemic Index while instant oatmeal is more processed and has a higher Glycmeic Index. Slow cooked oatmeal may be reheated with little or no loss of nutrients.

Steel cut oatmeal is the healthiest. Use 1-1/2 cups of water to 1/4 cup of oatmeal. Steel-cut oatmeal takes between 20 and 40 minutes to cook, but you can cook a large batch and then reheat smaller amounts for convenience. Spices can be cooked into the oats rather than added later.

Oatmeal is high in soluble fiber. 1/3 cup of cooked oatmeal or 1/2 ounce of dry oatmeal is approximately 9 grams of carbohydrates. In 100 grams of oatmeal there are 13 grams of protein, 8 grams of fat, and 67 grams of carbohydrates. The carbohydrates in oatmeal are mostly complex, giving oatmeal a low Glycemic Index. Oatmeal has high levels of fat-burning antioxidants (especially good at getting rid of belly fat).

Oatmeal is one of the few foods on earth that has Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA). GLA is an activated Essential Fatty Acid made from Linoleic Acid and a precursor of Dihomo Gamma Linolenic Acid (DGLA), a source of good eicosanoids.

Probiotics require prebiotics (including oligosaccharides, inulin, and phenols) to effectively work. Oats are a good prebiotic.

For as far as my knowledge goes the ultimate breakfast cereal is oatmeal. Really. Its unbelievable stuff. Every day one bowl of oatmeal and youre set for the day.
I started eating oatmeal about 2 years ago and still have them every morning. This grain is absolutely brilliant.
What I do is take one cup of oats and 2 cups of water and mix them in a pan. I cook it until it starts boiling a bit and then I quickly add some raisins while stirring a bit. Done! [NOTE that slow cooking is healthier]
Now heres the really cool part. When you read the oatmeal ingredients label, theres only one: Oatmeal! No added sugars, preservatives, coloratives and more-crap-atives. Just quality unprocessed and natural food  which is the way I like it.

Check the label. Only purchase apple cider vinegar that is certified organic, unfiltered, and unpasteurized. Avoid any apple cider vinegar that has additives or preservatives. Avoid anything that is apple cider flavored vinegar. The apple cider vinegar should have a rich brown color and have visible sediment. Cobweb strands floating in the apple cider vinegar are very good. These strands are known as the mother.

Store apple cider vinegar in a dark cabinet or cupboard.

Apple cider vinegar helps cleanse the digestive system, which in turn helps the body absorb more nutrients from smaller portions of food.

salad dressing

Now that you have introduced both hemp seed oil and apple cider vinegar to your diet, you have probably noticed that most people dont like apple cider vinegar by itself, and some people dont like the flavor of hemp seed oil by itself.

The solution is oil and vinegar salad dressing, also known as vinaigrette. And the healthy green salads that you are starting to eat as you adjust to a healthy diet.

The basic oil and vinegar salad dressing combines some oil with some vinegar at a ratio of 3:1 (3 parts oil for every one part vinegar). This ratio may vary depending on the strength and tartness of the vinegar chosen. There are a lot of combinations of oils and vinegars.

honey

Another common ingredient is a little bit of honey. The sweetness of honey helps offset the tartness of the vinegar. Honey helps keep the oil and vinegar together much longer (long enough to eat a salad).

mixing

Mix the herbs and spices with the vinegar. The classic method is to use a whisk and glass bowl. Never use aluminum around vinegar because it will give your salad dressing a metallic taste and the aluminum is toxic.

You can also mix by sealing a clean glass jar and shaking. Some people even use an eletric blender.

Thoroughly mix the vinegar and bers and spices, as well as Dijon mustard and/or honey, if you add those.

Mix in the oil with a slow steady stream while whisking continuously. All ingredients, especially the oil and vinegar, should both be room temperature.

Oil and vinegar dont mix. As soon as you stop mixing, the two will start coming apart. The oil will float on the vinegar. Honey will slow down this process. The cooler the oil, the more difficult to get it to mix with the vinegar.

Test the mixture by dipping a lettuce leaf into the dressing. This will give you a better idea of the flavor than testing the saalad dressing raw. Dont double dip.

wait

Wait 30 minutes to three (3) hours before using the salad dressing. This will give the flavors (especially garlic) a chance to intermingle. Let the salad dressing sit at room temperature.

Thoroughly mix the salad dressing again immediately before serving.

Day 15: sleep

It is vital to get enough sleep.

Your body can not rebuild itself and make proper use of your nutrients without enough proper sleep. Lack of sufficient sleep can result in some otherwise useful nutrients being stored as fat.

Sufficient proper sleep can reduce food cravings.

Your mind and soul can not properly restore themselves without enough proper sleep.

Dreamland is an important part of your spiritual work. You can not become a shaman without mastering dreamland.

yoga

Yoga is great for maintaining back flexibility. Back flexibility is a basic measure of healthiness and aging.

It is very important to do all positions with proper form. Improper form can cause permanent damage. It is best to learn all positions used from a skilled and trained yogi or yogini. Once you have correctly mastered the proper form you can do yoga on your own to save money.

Some individuals have gone to extremes of positions in yoga and seriously injured themselves, sometimes paralyzing themselves. Do not overdo it (with yoga or any other exercise).

Day 16: cut back on meat

Ancient Egyptian priests and priestesses didnt normally eat meat.

A lifetime commitment to be either vegan or lacto-vegetarian is a prerequisite for initiation into the Quan Yin Method.

Shakyamuni Buddha of India warned, Flesh eating people cut off their inner seed of Great Mercy.

Han Shan Tzu, Chinese Zen Master, wrote in a poem, Go quickly to the market to buy meat and fish and feed them to your wife and children. But why must their lives be taken to sustain yours? Its unreasonable. It will not bring you affinity with Heaven, but make you become dregs of Hell!

If you do not currently eat meat, do not start. If you do currently eat meat (or any animals), cut back to the healthiest few choices.

In addition to cutting back on the kinds of meat eaten, also cut back on how often you eat meat. For now, cut back to only once or twice a week. Eventually you will want to cut back to only eating meat on the Full Moon and possibly a few other special occasions (such as Thanksgiving, Yule, or your own birthday). Special occasions replace the Full Moon for that month.

Meats are acid forming foods.

Meats that you should particularly avoid eating include: bacon, sausages, burgers, and all processed meats.

Modern diets have dramatically increased the amount of animal foods. Additionally, in the last few decades, the quality of animal foods has dramatically fallen.

In June 2010 the U.S. government recommended that Americans eat more fruits and vegetables.

Meats contain a lot of urokinase protein and urea, both of which burden your kidneys and can eventually destroy kidney function.

American surgery expert Dr. Miller practiced medicine in Formosa for 40 years. The hospital he established there served only vegetarian meals. Dr. Miller observed, The mouse is one kind of animal which can support its life with both a vegetarian and non-vegetarian diet. If two mice are segregated, with one eating flesh and the other vegetarian food, we find that their growth and development are the same, but the vegetarian mouse lives longer and has greater resistance to disiease. Furthermore, when the two mice got sick, the vegetarian mouse recovered quicker.

The American Diabetes Association recommends veal as a protein source. Recommended cuts of veal include: chop, loin, or roast.

You can substitute red peppers for pepperoni on pizzas.

White meats: ham, pork

Ham and pork are sacred to Neith. Honor and thank Neith for ham and pork.

Pork is sacred to Neith. Pork is associated with the Year of the Rat.

If you do not currently eat white mammal meats, do not start. The exception is that if you currently eat red meat, then add the recommended white mammal meat to your diet. If you do currently eat white mammal meats, switch to the recommended choices.

The American Diabetes Association recommends pork as a protein source. Recommended cuts of pork include: Canadian bacon, center loin chop, ham, and tenderloin.

Wild game:

If you do not currently eat mammals, do not start eating wild game. If you do currently eat any mammal, then adding wild game will help imprive thew quality of the meat you eat. Wild animals have to be hardier to survive in the wilderness and therefore are a higher quality and healthier meat than farm raised animals (especially better than factory farm raised animals).

Wild game are sacred to Neith. Honor and thank Neith for wild game.

It is even better to eat animals you personally gathered (hunting, fishing, trapping, your own farming) or that were gathered by someone you personally know (family or friend).

Birds are sacred to Nwt and her husband Shu. Honor and thank Nwt and Shu for birds.

If you do not currently eat birds, do not start eating birds. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat), then add the recommended birds to your diet. If you currently eat birds, switch to the recommended birds.

Fish and seafood is sacred to Aset (Isis). Honor and thank Aset for fish and seafood.

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Vons (a grocery store chain in the U.S.) has a display of reusable grocery bags. The display is labelled rebag  reduce  rethink. One of the reusable grocery bags is decorated with the words: top sirloin, rib eye, t bone, New York, porter house, and filet mignon. These are the names of cuts of beef, the least sustainable and most ecologically destructive of all human food sources. Vons is actually promoting environmental destruction in its version of green. This is a large corporation so devoid of intelligence and soul that it doesnt even understand the difference between environmental destruction and environmental protection!

Continental Airlines served an in-flight meal that included a cheeseburger, small bag of Freetos, and a bag of Bolthouse Farms baby carrots. The cheeseburger appeared to be greasy ground cow meat, gloppy slice of cheese, and refined flour bun. I asked if they had a vegetarian option. The stewardess arrogantly stated Just dont eat the cheeseburer. I refused having the cheeseburger near me. Continental Airlines appears to be unaware that vegans, Buddhists, Hindus, and many others have valid religious and spiritual reasons not to cows. Continental Airlines appears to be unaware that Jews dont eat meat and the mothers milk in the same meal. Continental Airlines appears to be unaware that the meal they served is extremely dangerous to human healt, certainly to any children.

herbal baths

Herbal baths are an important part of the Goddess plan. The herbal bath gives alone time for quiet meditation and centering as well as immersing the physical body in healing and rejuvenating herbs. It can be difficult for low or middle income women with children to come up with the time to have herbal baths. If the male partner is still around, try to arrange at least 30 minutes per week when he takes care of the children so that you can have your Goddess herbal bath. See also herbs.

Day 17: miso soup

Miso soup is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for miso soup.

Eat miso soup at least three to five times a week. You may eat miso soup every day, even multiple times a day.

Miso soup is particularly useful in helping offset the toxic effects of a diet high in meat, sugar, and alcohol.

Miso soup is commonly made with a fish stock, so vegans should be careful to choose miso soup made from a vegetable stock.

A study in the June 2003 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that women who ate three (3) bowls of miso soup a day had a 40 percent lower risk of breast cancer and those who ate two bowls of miso soup a day had a 26 percent lower risk of breast cancer.

Miso is a good source of probiotics.

label reading

Learning to read labels can dramatically improve your health.

USDA food label

1. Serving Size Every American food label starts with the serving size. A mean-spirited, anti-consumer tactic employed by many large American corporations is to set the serving size at a fraction of the container. You need to multiply the number of servings per container times the listed information per single serving to determine the actual amounts. This extra step of arithmetic calculation is intended to confuse consumers.

2. Calories (and Calories from Fat) The label will list the number of calories per serving (remember to multiply by the number of fake corporate servings to obtain the number for a real serving).

The total number of calories (not the lower number per serving) is categoriezed as:
low = 40 calories
moderate - 100 calories
high = 400 calories or more

3. Limit these nutrients You want to see small numbers for Saturated Fat, Trans Fat (which should be zero), Cholesterol (plants have no cholesterol), and Sodium.

4. Get enough of these Most Americans do not get enough dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitmain C, calcium, or iron.

5. Footnote The footnote at the bottom of the label discusses how the nutritional Daily Value (DV) is computed for the average 2,000 calorie daily diet.

6. Percentage Daily Value (%DV) The percentages of Daily Value are how much of the total recommended Daily Value for an average adult male are provided by the food labelled.

Also The standard food label also gives the Total Carbohydrates, Sugars, and Protein. The Sugars entry lists the combination of both naturally occuring sugars in the food as well as the added sugars. The Protein entry is optional unless packaging or marketing makes claims about protein or the food is intended for infants and children under the age of four years old.

Ingredients The Ingredients listing will tell you contains no added suagrs or contains added sugars. Ingredients are listed in order from the most weight to the least weight. Unfortunately, there are some ingredients that do not have to be listed for specific foods. The U.S. government expects the consumer to have these special lists memorized.

One important rule of thumb on ingredient lists is to avoid any foods that have chemical-sounding names that you dont recognize.

When checking ingredient labels, some of the names for sugar include: brown rice syrup, cane syrup, corn sweetener, corn syrup, crystalized cane juice, dextrin, dextrose, evaporated cane juice, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, honey, malodextrin, maltose, maple syrup, molasses, or sucrose. Avoid foods where any of these ingredients are near the top of the list.

Another important rule of thumb is to avoid any foods tht have corn syrup or high fructose corn syrup.

USDA organic

The organic label certifies that the food is completely organic (with a number of obscure special exceptions). This also means that the food has no GMO (genetically modified organisms).

Note that there are many small, local farmers that grow food to the same or higher standards, but who cant afford the cost of the government requirements for certification.

Also note that foods grown in hot houses typically also meet the same standards, but dont have the certification.

Indian vegetarian

The government of India requires that vegetarian food be labelled with the green dot (above left) and non-vegetarian food be labelled with the red dot (above right).

Day 18: herbs and spices

Herbs and spices are essential to the Goddess Diet Plan. They serve numerous important purposes.

Herbs and spices add flavor to food, making it easier to give up such things as meats and switch to a plant-based diet.

The use of herbs and spices to add flavor make it possible to dramatically cut back on ordinary table salt (which should be reduced and then entirely eliminated from your regular diet).

The use of selected herbs and spices can help control sugar cravings, allow you to reduce the excess amounts of sugar in a typical urban diet.

Herbs and spices have nutritional values of their own, some containing vital nutrients that are rare and otherwise difficult to acquire. You may note that some foods typically only used as herbs and spices are listed here as salad greens or other foodstuffs.

Herbs and spices have Ayurvedic, planetary, and other spiritual properties that help you maintain a balanced soul.

Herbs and spices have actual magickal properties that can be used for your Witchcraft spells and rituals.

Avoid overwhelming food with too many seasonings at once. Avoid two herbs with strong flavors in the same dish. Try to compliment a strong herb with milder flavored seasoning.

Add dried herbs early during cooking. Add fresh herbs near the end of cooking. Add herbs and spices to cold dishes several hours before serving so that there is time for the flavors to blend.

Fresh leaves should be chopped very finely. Dried herbs should be crushed in a mortar and pestle.

If doubling a recipe, only increase herbs and spices by about 50 percent.

Dried herbs typically have a stronger flavor than the same herb fresh.

Dried herbs and spices should be stored in a cool, dry, dark place in a tightly covered container. Put the date on dry herbs and spices when you obtain (or purchase) them. If you can no longer smell an herb when you rub it between your fingers, then discard it.

sprinting

Save this suggestion for a later date if you are not currently in good physical shape. Some individuals may not ever be able to add sprinting to their exercise routine.

Sprinting is a more advanced exercise that can be used by those who are in good physical shape.

Wind sprints are running a short distance as fast as is humanly possible (combining good form with maximum effort). Wind sprints can be made even more challenging by sprinting up stairs.

Day 19: fizzy drinks

This includes removing sodas, energy drinks, diet drinks, and any beverage that is carbonated.

pH balance

You want at least 80% of your food intake to be alkaline-producing foods.

pH is a measure of how acid or alkaline a solution is. pH 7 is considered neutral, pH 0 is considered the most acidic, while pH 14 is considered the most alkaline.

The normal pH of hiuman blood is approximately 7.4 (in a normal range of 7.35 to 7.45), a slightly alkaline solution.

If the blood drops below pH 7.35 then it is too acidic, a condition known as acidosis. The body starts to use up minerals (especially calcium, sodium, potassium, and magnesium) to alter the acids and remove them from the blood stream. The minerals are taken from the bones and vital organs, which can cause permananet damage. In the extreme, acidosis can cause death.

If the blood rises above pH 7.45 then it is too alkaline, a condition known as alkalosis (or alkalinosis). In extreme alkalosis can cause permanent damage or death.

The typical American diet is highly acid-producing and most Americans suffer from at least mild acidosis.

Common American reasons for acidosis (acid overload) include: a high protein diet, lots of refined carbohydrates (especially bread and pasta), too few vegetables and fruits, and high amounts of alcohol.

Important items to reduce from the diet to reduce acid overload include: milk, caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol.

The easy way to test if your body is in correct pH balance is to measure the pH of your urine. Urine should be exactly 6.4 pH, for male or female of any age or race.

Day 20: broccoli

Broccoli, a cruciferous vegetable, is sacred to Bast, Aset (Isis), and Asets husband Asar. Honor and thank Bast, Aset, and Asar for broccoli.

Eat broccoli at least three to five times a week. You may eat broccoli every day.

balance of yin and yang

The Chinese divide foods into three major groups: yin, yang, and neutral. Yang foods tend to heat the body up. Yin food tend to cool the body down. Neutral foods are in between.

You want to build up meals that give you a good balanced diet. Start with one or more neutral foods and balance yin and yang foods.

In the morning and evening, when the temperature is more yin (or cool), you want to eat more yang (warming foods). In the middle of the day, when the temperature is more yaang (or hot), you want to eat more yin (cooling foods).

So, your morning meal, or breakfast, should be a hearty cooked meal (yang). Your mid-day meal, or lunch, should consist of salads and fruits. And you evening meal, or dinner, should be another cooked meal. Your dinner should be the a much lighter meal than your breakfast because the bodys ability to metabolize food decreases after sundown.

The articles on yin, yang, and neutral foods include lists that will help you get started.

Day 21: cranberry juice

Cranberry juice is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for cranberry juice.

At the Solstices and Equinoxes, as well as at Full Moon Esbats, a ceremony to the seasons involves drinking white grape juice (representing winter), white grapejuice with a small amount of red cranberry juice (representing spring), red cranberry juice with aa small amount of white grape juice (representing summer), and red cranberry juice (representing autumn). This should include fruits and nuts representing the seasons.

The mixture of pure, 100% unsweetened cranberry juice and fresh-squeezed orange juice is appropriate for the day of the Sonne (Sunday).

Initially you are going to include pure, 100%, unsweetened cranberry juice on a daily basis. As you progress into this diet, you will drop back on the frequency of drinking cranberry juice until it is a rare part of your diet, except when needed medicinally.

Reduce or eliminate cranberry juice from your diet, with two important exceptions.

If you have bladder or urinary tract problems, cranberry juice can be very helpful.

When switching to a new diet, including this one, cranberry juice can help the digestive system adjust. If you have digestive problems with your switch to this diet, especially near the beginning, consider drinking pure, 100%, unsweetened cranberry juice. In general it is best to avoid cranberry juice with added sugar, including mixtures with high sugar fruit juices.

The obvious question is why would an item (cranberry juice) that should be reduced from your diet be listed near the top of the to add items. The answer is that cranberry juice makes it easier to adjust to a new diet and cranberry juice helps a person who is obese or overweight to lose some weight. These two important benefits make cranberry juice an important part of the beginning of the Goddess Diet Plan, even though you will eventually want to cut back or even eliminate cranberry juice from your diet.

yang foods

Yang foods are foods that warm the body. Yang foods are warming, stimulating, and energetic. Yang foods are recommended for Yang deficient and Yin excess imbalance.

Avoid some strongly yang foods, such as meat, cheese, and salt.

In the morning and evening, when the temperature is more yin (or cool), you want to eat more yang (warming foods). So, your morning meal, or breakfast, should be a hearty cooked meal (yang). And you evening meal, or dinner, should be another cooked meal. Your dinner should be the a much lighter meal than your breakfast because the bodys ability to metabolize food decreases after sundown.

slightly yang foods (slightly warm)

almond

bell peppers

chicken

hawthorne berry

oats

parsley

raspberry

sweet rice

wheat germ

yang foods (warm)

beef

black beans

cherry

Chinese chive

kale

lamb (not recommended)

leek

lycium fruit

mustard greens

onion

papaya

pineapple

shrimp

strongly yang foods (hot)

cheese (not recommended)

Chinese chive

egg yolks (not recommended)

garlic

meat

(not recommended)

offal

(not recommended)

salt

(not recommended)

scallion

Day 22: breakfast

Eat breakfast every day.

In the morning and evening, when the temperature is more yin (or cool), you want to eat more yang (warming foods). So, your morning meal, or breakfast, should be a hearty cooked meal (yang). Your mid-day meal, or lunch, should consist of salads and fruits. And you evening meal, or dinner, should be another cooked meal. Your dinner should be the a much lighter meal than your breakfast because the bodys ability to metabolize food decreases after sundown.

yin foods

Yin foods are foods that cool the body. Yin foods are cooling, calming, and nourishing. Yin foods are recommended for Yin deficient and Yang excess imbalance.

Avoid some strongly yin foods, such as sugars, alcohol, and coffee.

In the middle of the day, when the temperature is more yaang (or hot), you want to eat more yin (cooling foods). Your mid-day meal, or lunch, should consist of salads and fruits.

yin foods (cool)

alfalfa sprouts

apple

apricot

Asian pear

asparagus

bamboo

bamboo shoots

barley, pearl

bok choy

broccoli

burdock root

carrot

cauliflower

celery

chicken eggs (not recommended)

Chinese cabbage

clam

crab

cucumber

Daikon radish

dandelion

dandelion greens

eggs, chicken (not recommended)

eggplant

endive

grapefruit

lemon

lotus root

millet

orange

peach

pear

pearl barley

persimmon

pork (not recommended)

potato

pumpkin

Romaine lettuce

soy bean sprouts

spinach

squash

strawberry

tangerine

tomato

turnip

watecress

wheat

zucchini

strongly yin foods (cold)

alcohol (not recommended)

ale (not recommended)

banana

beer (not recommended)

cantaloupe

Chinese cucumber

coffee (not recommended)

dulse

kelp

mulberry

refined sugars (not recommended)

seaweed

tea

water chestnut

watermelon

Day 23: fruits

Eat at least one serving of whole fruit a day. Eat up to four servings of whole fruit a day. Diabetics and pre-diabetics should eat one serving of fruit a day. Others should eat an average of two servings a day.

Major groups discussed separately are citrus fruits, berries, high fiber fruits, melons, fleshy red fruits, and dried fruits. Mix up the categories from day to day and emphasize fruits that are currently in season, preferably from a local source.

The dried fruit group should be used primarily for filling in gaps in your diet. When the fresh whole fruit is out of season the dried version can be used as a substitute. When you need a portable snack the dried version can be used as a substitute. Whenever possible, eat fresh whole fruits.

In general, the more colorful a plant is, the more antioxidants it has produced (as well as other phytonutrients that can help your body heal itself). These antioxidants help prevent cancer and help your body fight off any disease that is forming are has formed in your body.

In most cases, the deeper the color, the healthier. A bright red strawberry is healthier than a pale red strawberry. A rich blue blueberry is healthier than a pale blueberry.

As is the case with many plants, the richer and more vibrant the colors of green leafy vegetables, the healthier it is for you. The plant has produced more antioxidants and phytonutrients, which can be helpful in preventing cancer and in helping your body defend itself against cancer and other diseases. Youve heard that iceberg lettuce is relatively empty of nutrients. Notice how pale green it looks compared to red leaf lettuce (a much healthier lettuce).

The American Diabetic Association recommends dark green leafy vegetables as one of 10 superfoods for those with diabetes. The American Diabetes Association recommends greens (especially collard, kale, mustard, and turnip) as a non-starchy vegetable. The American Diabetes Association recommends salad greens (especially arugula, chicory, endive, escarole, lettuce, radicchio, Romaine lettuce, spinach, and watercress) as a non-starchy vegetable. Diabetics are encouraged to eat lots of non-starchy vegetables.

The lady demonstrating Boars Head meat and cheese claimed salads can be dangerous to your health. While this probably wasnt the official position of the corporation, it does clearly demonstrate the untrustworthiness of the statements made by large food companies.

isoleucine

L-Isoleucine is a neutral, genetically coded, essential amino acid (meaning that the human body cant produce it on its own). It is essential in human nutrition.

Day 27: coffee

Remove coffee from your diet (except for rare special occasions).

If you must drink coffee, drink coffee on days related to Mars.

It can be difficult to stop drinking coffee, so you may take a few weeks or months to completely eliminate coffee from your daily diet.

Start by cutting back on how much coffee you drink. Try to cut down to no more than one cup (not a large mug) of coffee a day.

Switch to decaffeinated coffee (although you will want to eventually eliminate that as well).

If you must have a coffee-like taste in your diet, then consider dandelion coffee.

leucine

L-Leucine is a neutral, genetically coded, essential amino acid (meaning that the human body cant produce it on its own). It is essential in human nutrition.

Day 28: ground vegetables

Ground vegetables are sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for ground vegetables.

Eat ground vegetables at least five times a week. You may eat ground vegetables every day.

lysine

L-Lysine is a basic, genetically coded, essential amino acid (meaning that the human body cant produce it on its own). It is essential in human nutrition. It is probably the most limited amino acid in the food chain.

The American Diabetic Association recommends beans as one of 10 superfoods for those with diabetes. The American Diabetes Association recommends dried beans several times per week as a protein source.

Day 36: whole grains

Eat whole grains at least three to five times a week. You may eat whole grains every day.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Recommended whole grains include: amaranth, barley, brown rice, buckwheat (not part of the same botanical family, but counts as a whole grain), bulghar wheat (also called cracked wheat), corn (not part of the same botanical family, but counts as a whole grain), couscous, kamut, millet, oats, quinoa, rye, sorghum, teff, spelt, triticale, wheat, wheat germ, and wild rice (not part of the same botanical family, but counts as a whole grain).

daily seed mix

Make a daily seed mix. Some experts prefer whole seeds, while others prefer freshly ground seeds (immediately before use). One compromise is to use half the mix whole and freshly grind the other half.

It is best to use only organic seeds.

The basic ratio recommended by the Goddess Diet Plan is about 30% hemp seed, about 25% flaxseed, about 15% sesame seed, about 15% pumpkin seed, and about 15% sunflower seed. Feel free to vary things up with other seeds.

Try six (6) ounces of sesame, pumpkin, and sunflower seeds and 9-12 ounces of hemp and flax seeds.

An easy way to mix the seeds is to place them in a clean sealed glass jar and shake.

Use a small coffee grinder for fresh grinding your daily seed mix. Dont use the coffee grinder for coffee, as the coffee beans will overpower the seeds (and you should be getting away from drinking coffee anyway). Use the seed mix immediately after the seeds are ground because as soon as they are exposed to air they will start oxidizing and going bad.

glycine

Glycine is a neutral, genetically coded non-essential amino acid (meaning that the human body can produce it on its own with proper nutrition). It is the only protein-forming amino acid without a center of chirality.

Day 43: mushrooms

Mushrooms are sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for mushrooms.

Another mushroom Goddess is Brigid (Celtic).

Eat at least one serving of cooked mushrooms per day, taking in account the season and local availability. Eat wild mushrooms, if available.

Do not eat raw mushrooms. Eat cooked mushrooms. Emphasize Asian mushrooms and cut back on button, crimini, and portobello mushrooms.

The American Diabetes Association recommends mushrooms as a non-starchy vegetable. Diabetics are encouraged to eat lots of non-starchy vegetables.

Mushrooms are an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

histidine

L-Histidine is a basic, genetically coded semi-essential amino acid (meaning that the human body can produce it on its own with proper nutrition). It is essential for human development.

Day 44: fried food

Stop eating, or at least cut back on and avoid, fried foods.

proline

L-Proline is a neutral, genetically coded, non-essential amino acid (meaning that the human body can produce it on its own with proper nutrition). It is the only protein-forming amino acid with a secondary amino group.

Day 45: hemp seed

Hemp seed is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for hemp seed.

Hemp is also associated with the Chinese Hemp Maid Ma Gu.

Eat at least one serving of hempseed per week, taking in account the season and local availability.

Hemp seeds are an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Note that hemp seed is made from the same cannabis plant that produces marijuana. While hemp seed contains no THC, it does contain natural cannabinoids. Inexpensive drug tests check for cannabinoids rather than THC and will therefore present a false positive if you consume hemp seed for nutritional, health, and/or religious purposes.

serine

Serine is a neutral, genetically coded, non-essential amino acid (meaning that the human body can produce it on its own with proper nutrition).

Day 46: fast food

Stop eating, or at least cut back on and avoid, fast foods.

taurine

Taurine is a non-essential amino acid (meaning that the human body can produce it on its own with proper nutrition).

Day 47: cereal

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

align="left"> Almost all breakfast cereals are really breakfast candies. During your transition to a healthy diet you will want to cut back on breakfast cereals and switch to healthier breakfast choices. Eventually you will want to give up breakfast cereals completely (other than whole grains such as slow cooked oatmeal).

Healthier breakfast cereals will be those that emphasize whole grains, especially otas and bran.

The American Diabetes Association recommends bean sprouts as a non-starchy vegetable. Diabetics are encouraged to eat lots of non-starchy vegetables.

Because mung bean sprouts are a high fiber food, they can distend the stomach, giving an artificial feeling of being full. An hour later, you may feel hungry again, even though youve eaten enough food. Eating your food slowly and balancing high fiber foods with protein and fat will solve this Chinese food syndrome.

omega 3 fatty acids

Wild salmon is very high in omega-3 fatty acids. Salmon normally eat krill, a source of astaxanthin (a natural carotenoid), the source of the rich red skin color.

Farm-raised salmon are fed grain and are low in omega-3 fatty acids. The color of thier skin is the result of dyes artificially added after death. Farm-raised salmon are nutritionally very poor. Avoid eating farm-raised salmon.

alpha-linolenic acid omega 3 fatty acids

Wild salmon is very high in omega-3 fatty acids. Salmon normally eat krill, a source of astaxanthin (a natural carotenoid), the source of the rich red skin color.

Farm-raised salmon are fed grain and are low in omega-3 fatty acids. The color of thier skin is the result of dyes artificially added after death. Farm-raised salmon are nutritionally very poor. Avoid eating farm-raised salmon.

Day 52: flaxseed oil

Flaxseed oil is sacred to Bast and Aset (Isis). Honor and thank Bast and Aset for flaxseed oil.

Eat up to two (2) tablespoons of flaxseed oil a day. The total of hempseed oil and flaxssed oil and olive oil should not exceed two (2) to three (3) tablespoons a day.

The ancient Hellenism religion, created by Aristotle for Plotemy I by combining the Greek and Egyptian religions, taught that flaxseeds were useful for digestion and modern science confirms that flaxseeds help reduce cholesterol.

Vitamin B1

Day 55: flaxseeds

Flaxseed is sacred to Bast, Aset (Isis), and Renenutet. Honor and thank Bast, Aset, and Renenutet for flaxseeds.

Eat at least one serving of freshly ground flaxseed per week, taking in account the season and local availability.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

The ancient Hellenism religion, created by Aristotle for Plotemy I by combining the Greek and Egyptian religions, taught that flaxseeds were useful for digestion and modern science confirms that flaxseeds help reduce cholesterol.

Flaxseeds are an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Probiotics require prebiotics (including oligosaccharides, inulin, and phenols) to effectively work. Berries are a good prebiotic.

Major groups discussed separately are citrus fruits, berries, high fiber fruits, melons, fleshy red fruits, and dried fruits. Mix up the categories from day to day and emphasize fruits that are currently in season, preferably from a local source.

The American Diabetic Association recommends berries as one of 10 superfoods for those with diabetes.

Blueberries should be emphasized when in season.

Cranberries should not be used often unless you need a strong diaretic.

Cherries should be used occasionally.

Vitamin B2

Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is an essential micronutrient.

Day 58: ginger tea

Ginger tea is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for ginger tea.

Drink ginger tea at least once per week and as needed to help with digestion.

Major groups discussed separately are citrus fruits, berries, high fiber fruits, melons, fleshy red fruits, and dried fruits. Mix up the categories from day to day and emphasize fruits that are currently in season, preferably from a local source.

The American Diabetic Association recommends citrus fruit as one of 10 superfoods for those with diabetes.

Day 61: high fiber fruits

Eat high fiber fruits at least three to five times a week. You may eat high fiber fruits every day. Eat fruit at least three times a day.

Recommended high fiber fruits include: apples, peaches, and pears.

Major groups discussed separately are citrus fruits, berries, high fiber fruits, melons, fleshy red fruits, and dried fruits. Mix up the categories from day to day and emphasize fruits that are currently in season, preferably from a local source.

Vitamin B5

Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) is an essential micronutrient.

Day 62: chives

Chives are sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for chives.

Eat at least one serving of chives per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

A serving of chives (2 tablespoons, chopped) is an important part of prenatal diet care for pregnant women.

Chives are often treated as an herb or garnish. In the Goddess Diet Plan you can either serve chives as a vegetable oir extensively use it as an herb, as long as you achieve the same quantity.

Chives are an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Vitamin B7

Day 63: melons

Eat melons at least three to five times a week. You may eat melons every day. Eat fruit at least three times a day.

Recommended melons include: cantaloupe and watermelon.

Major groups discussed separately are citrus fruits, berries, high fiber fruits, melons, fleshy red fruits, and dried fruits. Mix up the categories from day to day and emphasize fruits that are currently in season, preferably from a local source.

According to Ayurveda, melons may be eaten occasionally during a diet reducing Vata, especially in the fall.

Vitamin B6

Day 64: bread

Bread is sacred to Aset (Isis) and Asets husband Asar. Honor and thank Aset and Asar for bread.

Eat at least one serving of seed bread or sprouted bread per month, taking in account the season and local availability. Make sure all bread you eat has at least 3 grams of fiber per slice, sprouted grains, and no hydrogenated oils.

Bread is associated with the Year of the Tiger.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

It is important for those who have diabetes, who are obese, or who have cancer to avoid bread made from processed flours and switch to bread made from whole grains.

Switch from whote processed bread to brown bread.

Switch from whole grain bread to seed or sprouted bread.

Bread is an acid-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

French bread has a high glycemic index (greater than 100%). White bread has a high glycemic index (100%). Whole wheat bread has a high glycemic index (between 80% and 100%).

Major groups discussed separately are citrus fruits, berries, high fiber fruits, melons, fleshy red fruits, and dried fruits. Mix up the categories from day to day and emphasize fruits that are currently in season, preferably from a local source.

Vitamin B9

Vitamin B9 (folic acid, folinic acid) is an essential micronutrient.

Day 66: juicing

Some of the preferred juices are: açai berry juice, cranberry juice (when you are starting this diet), noni juice, and pomegranate juice. You should drink at least one of these juices at least once a week.

Juicing allows drinking fruits and vegetables. The fiber is destroyed in the juicing process. Live juice contains active enzymes for less than 30 minutes after juicing.

In addition to making your own juices, you need to start cleaning up all of the juices you drink.

All juices you drink should be organic (for your own juicing, only juice organic fruits and vegetables). All juices you drink should be unsweetened. All juices you drink should be fresh, preferably within 30 minutes of actual juicing.

Day 67: dried fruits

Eat dried fruits as often as needed. You may eat dried fruits every day. Eat fruit at least three times a day.

The dried fruit group should be used primarily for filling in gaps in your diet. When the fresh whole fruit is out of season the dried version can be used as a substitute. When you need a portable snack the dried version can be used as a substitute. Whenever possible, eat fresh whole fruits.

calcium

Day 70: spinach

Spinach, a vegetable, is sacred to Bast, Aset (Isis), and Asets husband Asar. Honor and thank Bast, Aset, and Asar for spinach.

Eat at least two servings of organic spinach per week, taking in account the season and local availability. You may eat spinach every day.

The American Diabetes Association recommends spinach as a non-starchy vegetable. Diabetics are encouraged to eat lots of non-starchy vegetables.

Spinach is an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Spinach has vitamin A and carotenes, essential nutrients in fighting cancer. Spinach has vitamin D, an essential nutrient in fighting cancer.

Reason to choose organic: Spinach is the number eight (8) most important food to purchase organic because of the high level of chemical residues in non-organic spinach, according to the 2010 study by the Environmental Working Group.

Day 72: wheat

There grows no wheat where there is no grain. Proverb of the Outer Temple of ancient Egypt

Optionally eat at least one serving of wheat per month, taking in account the season and local availability. This does not mean to eat a lot of wheat or wheat products. Most Americans need to cut back on wheat and wheat products.

Wheat is associated with the Year of the Dragon.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

copper

Day 76: sprouts

Sprouts is sacred to Bast, Aset (Isis), and Asets husband Asar. Honor and thank Bast, Aset, and Asar for sprouts.

Eat sprouts at least three to five times a week. You may eat sprouts every day.

Because sprouts are a high fiber food, they can distend the stomach, giving an artificial feeling of being full. An hour later, you may feel hungry again, even though youve eaten enough food. Eating your food slowly and balancing high fiber foods with protein and fat will solve this Chinese food syndrome.

See individual sections on specific sprouts for more information. Use with additional sprouts that arent specifically listed.

iodine

Iodine is a mineral and an essential micronutrient.

Day 77: honey

Honey is sacred to Bast and Bes. Honor and thank Bast and Bes for honey.

Eat honey at least one to five times a week. If you dont have diabetes or pre-diabetes, you may eat honey every day.

Use local organic honey as a sweetener. You may use unsulfured organic cane sugar, black strap molasses, local organic honey, pure maple syrup, and stevia as your regular daily sweeteners.

Honey is an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

optional: 1/2 orange, zest and juice (reduce lemon juice by half); drastically changes the character of the taste

optional: pistachios, finely chopped

Romaine lettuce

preparation:

Traditional tabouli is made with bulghar wheat. The quinoa version is popular in health food circles (unlike bulghar wheat, quinoa is a complete protein). The lentil and garbanzo bean version makes a composite protein. The hemp seed meal is also a complete protein. A recommended version has equal portions bulghar wheat and quinoa with half portion of hemp seed meal.

Cooking bulghur wheat: Put bulghur wheat in a bowl. Boil the water in a pot. Pour the boiling water over the bulghur wheat. Let the bulghur wheat soak in the hot water for 30 minutes to 2 hours. The wheat should absorb all of the water. If not, drain off the excess with a colander. The bulghur wheat should be light and fluffy.

Cooking quinoa: Thoroughly soak the quinoa in cold water for five minutes using medium size bowl. Drain and rinse under cold running water. Note that you can purchase pre-rinsed quinoa. Pour rinsed quinoa into a sauce pan. Lightly toast the quinoa in 1/2 to 2 tablespoons oilve oil (this is in addition to the amount used as part of the dressing). Add water and bring to a full boil. Cover with a tight fitting lid and reduce heat to a low simmer. Cook for about 15 to 20 minutes (until water is absorbed). Optionally drain excess water and save to add back to finished mixture if needed to make a nice tabouli consistency. Let quinoa cool before mixing with other ingredients.

Optionally mix the sea salt and freshly ground black pepper with the chopped green onions or scallions first. This lets the salt and pepper bring out the sweetness of the onion juice. In this case, mix mint, parsley, and basil, then tomatoes, cucumber and other optional vegetables, finally mixing in the green onion mixture.

Combine all of the bulghur wheat, quinoa, hemp seed meal with the vegetable ingredients in a mixing bowl. Combine well.

Thoroughly mix in the dressing.

Put the mixing bowl in the refrigerator for at least one hour. A full night is even better.

Serve cold or at room temperature.

Place the tabouli salad on a bed of Romaine lettuce or use hearts of Romaine lettuce to scoop up the tabouli salad.

Optionally sprinle with chopped pistachios. In the spicier version, serve with a spoonful of yoghurt and sprinkle with pistachios.

Day 79: lamb

Lamb is sacred to Neith. Honor and thank Neith for lamb.

If you already eat mammals, eat one serving of lamb per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

If you dont currently eat meat, do not start eating meat.

Lamb is an acid-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

molybdenum

Day 80: quinoa

Quinoa, a pseudo-grain, is sacred to Bast and Renenutet. Honor and thank Bast and Renenutet for quinoa.

Eat at least one serving of quinoa per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Quinoa is an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

silver

Silver is a mineral and an essential micronutrient.

Day 81: pumpkin

Pumpkin, a squash, is sacred to Bast, Aset (Isis), and Asets husband Asar. Honor and thank Bast, Aset, and Asar for pumpkin.

Eat at least two servings of pumpkin per week, taking in account the season and local availability. You may eat pumpkin every day. Choose unsweetened organic pumpkin. When fresh pumpkin is out of season, eat canned organic unsweetened pumpkin.

The American Diabetes Association recommends pumpkin as a starchy vegetable.

Pumpkin is an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

The crop for canned pumpkin (grown mostly in Ohio) was ruined by rain in both 2008 and 2009. As a result there is a nationwide shortage of canned pumpkin in 2010.

Day 83: apple

Eat at least one organic apple per week, taking in account the season and local availability. You may eat an apple a day. Do not eat more than four apples in one day or more than two apples per day on a regular basis.

Pomona, shown in the 1700 painting by Nicolas Fouché, is the Roman Goddess or nymph of orchardss and the trees of the orchard.

Epona, the Celtic Goddess of horses, was later adopted as aa Roman Goddess. Outside of Gaul, Epona was often depicted in the Imperial pose, holding apples, carrots, and oats in her lap.

Ritual uses of apples: Bury an apple in the garden on Samhain as food for departed spirits.

Apples and applesauce are recommended by the American Diabetes Association because they have a low glycemic index (low G.I.).

According to Ayurveda, cooked apples are a good food for reducing Vata, especially in the fall. According to Ayurveda, war uncooked apples may be eaten ocassionally during a diet reducing Vata, especially in the fall.

Apples contain high amounts of the fiber pectin. Pectin helps prevent constipation, a leading cause of headaches.

Reason to choose organic: Apples are the number four (4) most important food to purchase organic because of the high level of chemical residues in non-organic apples, according to the 2010 study by the Environmental Working Group.

boron

Day 85: butter and ghee

Butter and ghee are sacred to Aset (Isis). Honor and thank Aset for butter and ghee.

Cut back or eliminate dairy products from your diet.

While you are still eating dairy foods, switch from margarine to real organic unsalted butter.

While you are still eating dairy foods, you can use ghee in cooked foods.

strontium

Strontium is a mineral and an essential micronutrient.

Day 86: tomato

Tomato, a fruit, is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for tomato.

Eat at least one serving of tomatoes per week, taking in account the season and local availability. You may eat tomato every day.

Tomato is an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

The American Diabetic Association recommends tomatoes as one of 10 superfoods for those with diabetes. The American Diabetes Association recommends tomato as a non-starchy vegetable. Diabetics are encouraged to eat lots of non-starchy vegetables.

Day 93: alfalfa sprouts

Eat at least one serving of alfalfa sprouts per month, taking in account the season and local availability. Alfalfa is normally eaten as sprouted seeds (alfala sprouts). You can sprout alfalfa at home.

Toss alfalfa sprouts into salads. Alfalfa sprouts can be used in wraps and roll-ups. Stir-fry alfalfa sprouts with other vegetables. Place alfalfa sprouts on top of omelets or scrambled eggs. And, of course, eat them fresh and uncooked in a sprout salad.

The American Diabetes Association recommends sprouts as a non-starchy vegetable. Diabetics are encouraged to eat lots of non-starchy vegetables.

Because alfalfa sprouts are a high fiber food, they can distend the stomach, giving an artificial feeling of being full. An hour later, you may feel hungry again, even though youve eaten enough food. Eating your food slowly and balancing high fiber foods with protein and fat will solve this Chinese food syndrome.

Day 94: salmon

Eat at least one serving of wild Alaskan salmon (especially sockeye) per week, taking in account the season and local availability. You may eat salmon almost every day.

Salmon should be wild caught, never farm raised.

You can replace fresh salmon with canned wild salmon up to half of the times you have salmon. King, sockeye, and coho salmon from Alaska are all aceptable canned choices.

Wild salmon is very high in omega-3 fatty acids. Salmon normally eat krill, a source of astaxanthin (a natural carotenoid), the source of the rich red skin color.

Farm-raised salmon are fed grain and are low in omega-3 fatty acids. The color of thier skin is the result of dyes artificially added after death. Farm-raised salmon are nutritionally very poor. Avoid eating farm-raised salmon.

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Day 98: pasta

Pasta is sacred to Bast, Aset, and Asets husband Asar. Honor and thank Bast, Aset, and Asar for pasta.

Eat at least one serving of pasta two to three times a week. Pasta should be cooked al dente. use organic whole grain pasta, rice noodles, bean thread noodles, mixture of whole wheat and buckwheat noodles, and soba.

Day 102: chicken eggs

Chicken eggs are sacred to Nwt and her husband Shu. Honor and thank Nwt and Shu for chicken eggs.

If you already eat mammals or birds, eat one serving of cage free organic chicken eggs per month, taking in account the season and local availability. If you are already eatign chicken eggs, you may eat cage free organic chicken egss daily, then slowly cut back to once a week, then to once per month, with the eventual goal of completely eliminating them from your diet.

Chicken eggs are associated with the Year of the Dragon and the Year of the Tiger.

Day 103: wheat germ

Eat at least one serving of wheat germ at least once a week, taking in account the season and local availability, unless you have problems with glutten.

Wheat is associated with the Year of the Dragon.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Day 109: blueberries

Blueberry is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for blueberry.

Eat at least one serving of blueberry per month (daily during peak season), taking in account the season and local availability. Eat fresh organic blueberries during season and eat frozen organic blueberries out of season.

Eat at least one serving of fresh organic blackberries, blueberries, or raspberries per day, when locally in season.

The more colorful a blueberry is, the more antioxidants it has produced (as well as other phytonutrients that can help your body heal itself). These antioxidants help prevent cancer and help your body fight off any disease that is forming are has formed in your body.

A rich blue blueberry is healthier than a pale blueberry.

Blueberries are recommended by the American Diabetes Association because they have a low glycemic index (low G.I.).

Blueberries are a good source of fiber.

According to Ayurveda, blueberries are a good food for reducing Vata, especially in the fall.

Reason to choose organic: Blueberries are the number five (5) most important food to purchase organic because of the high level of chemical residues in non-organic blueberries, according to the 2010 study by the Environmental Working Group.

Day 110: halibut

Eat at least one serving of Alaskan halibut per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Halibut should be wild caught, never farm raised.

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Day 113: amaranth

Eat at least one serving of amaranth per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Amaranth is a grain from Central America.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

The American Diabetes Association recommends amaranth (or Chinese spinach) as a non-starchy vegetable. Diabetics are encouraged to eat lots of non-starchy vegetables.

Toast amaranth in a dry skillet until the seeds pop like minature popcorn.

Day 120: yogurt

If you already eat dairy food, eat one serving of yogurt per month, as well as for several days while recovering from illness.

If you dont currently eat dairy foods, do not start eating dairy foods.

There are soy-based, non-dairy yogurts. Some people have a food reaction to soy and soy products. Do not eat soy or soy products if you are one of these people. If you can eat soy, the recommended level is at least one serving of soy-based yogurt per week. You may eat soy-based yogurt every day.

While it is a good idea to add fruit to yogurt, you should not use pre-mixed yogurts, where the fruit is pre-blended or on the bottom.

Day 121: raw foods

At this point you have started introducing healthier foods (especially fruits and vegetables) into your diet.

The next step is to start switching from cooked and processed foods (even healthy ones) to raw foods. With a few important exceptions, your body gets far more nutrients from raw foods than it does from the same food cooked.

Your goal should be for at least 30% of your food intake to be raw foods. An increase in salads can help make this easier. You can also use juicing to reach this total, but eventually you will want to have 30% of your diet be raw foods not counting juices.

At the highest level of the Goddess diet plan, you should have a goal of at least 50% raw foods a day, with a minimum of 30% raw foods.

Day 124: herring

Eat at least one serving of herring per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

A serving of herring (about one five ounce fillet) is an important part of prenatal diet care for pregnant women.

Herring should be wild caught, never farm raised.

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

Basil goes well with fish and shellfish.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Day 127: bran

Bran is sacred to Bast, Nepits husband Neper, and Renenutet. Honor and thank Bast, Nepit, Neper, and Renenutet for bran.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Add bran to your diet.

Day 128: carrot

Carrot is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for carrots.

Eat at least one serving of carrot per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Epona, the Celtic Goddess of horses, was later adopted as aa Roman Goddess. Outside of Gaul, Epona was often depicted in the Imperial pose, holding apples, carrots, and oats in her lap.

The American Diabetes Association recommends carrots as a non-starchy vegetable. Diabetics are encouraged to eat lots of non-starchy vegetables.

Carrot is an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Day 129: celery

Celery is sacred to Bast, Aset (Isis), and Asets husband Asar. Honor and thank Bast, Aset, and Asar for celery.

Eat at least one serving of organic celery per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

The American Diabetes Association recommends celery as a non-starchy vegetable. Diabetics are encouraged to eat lots of non-starchy vegetables.

Celery is an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Reason to choose organic: Celery is the number one (1) most important food to purchase organic because of the high level of chemical residues in non-organic celery, according to the 2010 study by the Environmental Working Group.

Day 131: chamomile tea and chamomile flower

Chamomile flower and chamomile tea is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for chamomile.

Scientific and botanical name: Chamaemelum nobile

Drink chamomile tea at least once per month. You may drink chamomile tea every day.

Chamomile tea helps calm the nerves, reduce stress, and is a traditional sleep remedy. Chamomile also is a good source of calcium and magnesium.

Nobody in history has ever died of an overdose of chamomile tea.

Chamomile is an edible flower. Consider using chamomile in salads and as a garnish. Chamomile has a faint apple-like flavor.

Warning: Only the petals of this composite flower is edible. The pollen is highly allergenic and may cause reactions. Those with asthma, hayfever, or ragweed alergy should not consume or touch composite flowers.

Day 136: goats cheese

If you currently eat dairy products, eat at least one serving of goats cheese per month, taking in account the season and local availability. If you do not currently eat dairy foods, dont add this item to your diet.

Goats cheese is an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Day 137: goat milk

If you currently eat dairy products, eat at least one serving of goat milk per month, taking in account the season and local availability. If you do not currently eat dairy foods, dont add this item to your diet.

Goat milk is an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Day 138: grapes

Eat at least one serving of organic grapes per week, taking in account the season and local availability. Only eat organic grapes.

Eat a good mixture of purple grapes, green grapes, and black grapes, with an emphasis on purple grapes. At least once a year, also eat amber/yellow, crimson, pink, and Concord grapes.

Grapes are an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Grapes are recommended by the American Diabetes Association because they have a low glycemic index (low G.I.).

According to Ayurveda, grapes are an excellant food for reducing Vata, especially in the fall.

Reason to choose organic: Imported grapes are the number twelve (12) most important food to purchase organic because of the high level of chemical residues in non-organic imported grapes, according to the 2010 study by the Environmental Working Group.

Day 142: oyster

Oyster is sacred to Aset (Isis). Honor and thank Aset for oysters.

Eat at least one serving of oysters per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Oysters are a kind of mollusk.

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Day 145: nectarine

Eat at least one serving of nectarine per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Nectarines are recommended by the American Diabetes Association because they have a low glycemic index (low G.I.).

Reason to choose organic: Nectarines are the number six (6) most important food to purchase organic because of the high level of chemical residues in non-organic nectarines, according to the 2010 study by the Environmental Working Group.

Day 146: peaches

Eat at least one serving of organic peaches per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Peaches are an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Peaches are recommended by the American Diabetes Association because they have a low glycemic index (low G.I.).

According to Ayurveda, peaches are a good food for reducing Vata, especially in the fall.

Reason to choose organic: Peaches are the number two (2) most important food to purchase organic because of the high level of chemical residues in non-organic peaches, according to the 2010 study by the Environmental Working Group.

Day 150: clam

Clam is sacred to Aset (Isis). Honor and thank Aset for clams.

Eat at least one serving of clams per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Clams are a kind of mollusk.

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Day 151: barley

Barley, a grain, is sacred to Bast, Nepits husband Neper, and Renenutet. Honor and thank Bast, Neper, and Renenutet for barley.

Eat at least one serving of whole grain barley per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Reason to choose organic: Bell peppers are the number seven (7) most important food to purchase organic because of the high level of chemical residues in non-organic bell peppers, according to the 2010 study by the Environmental Working Group.

Day 154: potato

Eat at least one serving of potatoes per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

The American Diabetes Association recommends potato as a starchy vegetable.

Potatoes are an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Instant potato and microwaved potato have a high glycemic index (greater than 100%).

Reason to choose organic: Potatoes are the number eleven (1a) most important food to purchase organic because of the high level of chemical residues in non-organic potatoes, according to the 2010 study by the Environmental Working Group.

Day 157: trout

Eat at least one serving of trout (especially rainbow trout) per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Trout should be wild caught, never farm raised.

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Brown rice is an acid-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Puffed rice, instant rice, and puffed rice cakes have a high glycemic index (greater than 100%). White rice and brown rice have a high glycemic index (between 80% and 100%).

Soybeans an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Soy beans are healthier than soy bean products. Soy-based fake meat products are healthier than real meat. Soy-based meat prodcuts should be used to transition away from meat and may be used on rare occasions.

Cherries are recommended by the American Diabetes Association because they have a low glycemic index (low G.I.).

Probiotics require prebiotics (including oligosaccharides, inulin, and phenols) to effectively work. Cherries are a good prebiotic.

According to Ayurveda, cherries are a good food for reducing Vata, especially in the fall.

Reason to choose organic: Cherries are the number ten (10) most important food to purchase organic because of the high level of chemical residues in non-organic cherries, according to the 2010 study by the Environmental Working Group.

Day 171: sea bass

Eat at least one serving of sea bass per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Sea bass should be wild caught, never farm raised.

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Day 177: albacore tuna

Eat at least one serving of troll- or pole-caught albacore tuna per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Albacore tuna should be wild caught, never farm raised. Choose troll- or pole-caught albacore tuna from the United States or British Columbia.

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Day 182: raw cacao

Raw cacao is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for cacao beans.

Eat raw cacao at least once per month. You may eat raw cacao more often.

Raw cacao beans are the source of cocoa powder, which is used to make chocolate. In the Dutch method, raw cacao beans are scorched at temperatures of up to 150°C and doused with solvents, resulting in cocoa.

Day 184: kefir

Kefir is sacred to Aset (Isis). Honor and thank Aset for kefir.

Drink at least one serving of kefir at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

If you do not currently eat dairy foods, do not start drinking kefir, unless you currently eat any animals, in which case it is important to drink at least one serving of kefir a week as long as you continue to eat land animals. You may consider drinking kefir to counterbalance eating fish and seafood.

Day 187: hot peppers

Eat at least one serving of hot peppers at least once a week, taking in account the season and local availability. You may eat hot peppers every day.

Note that different people have different tolerances for hot peppers, and what may be a very mild pepper to one person may be an extremely hot pepper to another.

Make sure that you pick a hot pepper that is an appropriate range for your body. I personally find peppercini to be hot (dont laugh), while I know people who find the jalapeo pepper to be rather mild. The important thing is to find a hot pepper that gets your heart pumped up and that you can feel Goddess blessings pumping through your blood stream.

Both alcohol (beer) and fat (yogurt) produce a chemical reaction that helps dissolve the hotness in your moth after eating hot peppers.

Day 188: spelt

Spelt, a grain, is sacred to Bast and Renenutet. Honor and thank Bast and Renenutet for spelt.

Eat at least one serving of spelt at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Day 191: arame

Arame is sacred to Aset (Isis). Honor and thank Aset for arame.

Eat at least one serving of arame seaweed per week, taking in account the season and local availability.

Arame is also called sea oak.

Many Americans arent used to seaweeds as a normal part of their diet (other than as a wrapping for sushi). and think that seaweeds will taste yucky. Arame looks like little black threads (turns dark brown when cooked) and has a sweet, mild taste. Arame is great for adding raw to salads and soups, as well as sautéeing with root vegetables or tofu.

Day 192: shitake mushroom

Shitake mushroom is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for shitake mushrooms.

Another mushroom Goddess is Brigid (Celtic).

Eat at least one serving of cooked shitake mushrooms per week, taking in account the season and local availability. You may eat shitake mushrooms daily.

Many Americans arent used to eating a lot of mushrooms, other than white or brown button mushrooms. Shitake is one of the more popular mushrooms in Asain countries. Shitake is fairly large and available both fresh and dried. Soak dried Shitake before cooking. Cut off and discard the hard stems before cooking. Shitake can be sautéed for as a burger patty or stuffed with vegetables. Shitake can be cut into pieces and added to a salad, soup, or side dish.

Day 198: broccoli sprouts

Broccoli sprouts are sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for broccoli sprouts.

Eat at least one serving of broccoli sprouts at least twice a month, taking in account the season and local availability. You may eat broccoli sprouts almost every day.

Toss broccoli sprouts into salads. And, of course, eat them fresh and uncooked in a sprout salad.

Because broccoli sprouts are a high fiber food, they can distend the stomach, giving an artificial feeling of being full. An hour later, you may feel hungry again, even though youve eaten enough food. Eating your food slowly and balancing high fiber foods with protein and fat will solve this Chinese food syndrome.

Day 199: whey protein

Eat at least a few servings of whey protein at least once a week, taking in account the season and local availability.

Cut back or eliminate dairy products from your diet. If you do not currently eat milk or dairy products, do not start whey protein, but if you currently eat meat or dairy, use whey protein as part of your process of abandoning meat.

Day 202: scallops

Scallops is sacred to Aset (Isis). Honor and thank Aset for scallops.

Eat at least one serving of scallops per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Day 206: rose

Rose is an edible flower. Consider using rose in salads and as a garnish. Rose is often used as an herb or garnish or to make rose water. Always remove the bitter white portions of the petals. The stronger the fragrance, the stronger the flavor.

Day 207: buckwheat or kasha

Buckwheat (also known as kasha), a grain, is sacred to Bast, Aset (Isis), Asets husband Asar, and Renenutet. Honor and thank Bast, Aset, Asar, and Renenutet for buckwheat.

Eat at least one serving of buckwheat per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Hulled buckwheat kernels are called groats.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Buckwheat is an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Day 211: mustard sprouts

Mustard sprouts are sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for mustard sprouts.

Eat at least one serving of mustard sprouts at least twice a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Toss mustard sprouts into salads. And, of course, eat them fresh and uncooked in a sprout salad.

Because mustard sprouts are a high fiber food, they can distend the stomach, giving an artificial feeling of being full. An hour later, you may feel hungry again, even though youve eaten enough food. Eating your food slowly and balancing high fiber foods with protein and fat will solve this Chinese food syndrome.

Day 213: crustacea

Crustacea are sacred to Aset (Isis). Honor and thank Aset for crustacea.

Eat at least two servings of crustacea per month, taking in account the season and local availability. The recommended crusacea re crawfish, lobster, prawns, and shrimp.

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Day 219: couscous

Couscous, a grain, is sacred to Bast, Aset, Asets husband Asar, and Renenutet. Honor and thank Bast, Aset, Asar, and Renenutet for couscous.

Eat at least one serving of couscous at least twice a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Day 220: radish sprouts

Radish sprouts are sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for radish sprouts.

Eat at least one serving of radish sprouts at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Radish sprouts are spicy.

Toss radish sprouts into salads. Radish sprouts can be used in coleslaw. Radish sprouts can be used in wraps and roll-ups. Stir-fry radish sprouts with other vegetables. Mix radish sprouts with soft cheeses, tofu, yogurt, or kefir to make a dip. Place radish sprouts on top of omelets or scrambled eggs. Add radish sprouts to sushi. Sauté radish sprouts with onions. And, of course, eat them fresh and uncooked in a sprout salad.

Because radish sprouts are a high fiber food, they can distend the stomach, giving an artificial feeling of being full. An hour later, you may feel hungry again, even though youve eaten enough food. Eating your food slowly and balancing high fiber foods with protein and fat will solve this Chinese food syndrome.

Day 222: mollusks

Mullusks are sacred to Aset (Isis). Honor and thank Aset for mollusks.

Eat at least two servings of mollusks per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Some of the mollusks to eat include clams, mussles, scallops, and oysters..

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Day 228: onion sprouts

Onion sprouts are sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for onion sprouts.

Eat at least one serving of onion sprouts at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Onion sprouts are spicy.

Toss onion sprouts into salads. And, of course, eat them fresh and uncooked in a sprout salad.

Because onion sprouts are a high fiber food, they can distend the stomach, giving an artificial feeling of being full. An hour later, you may feel hungry again, even though youve eaten enough food. Eating your food slowly and balancing high fiber foods with protein and fat will solve this Chinese food syndrome.

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Day 236: cabbage sprouts

Cabbage sprouts are sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for cabbage sprouts.

Cabbage is associated with the Year of the Rat.

Eat at least one serving of cabbage sprouts at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Toss cabbage sprouts into salads. Cabbage sprouts can be used in coleslaw. Blend cabbage sprouts with vegetable juices. And, of course, eat them fresh and uncooked in a sprout salad.

Because cabbage sprouts are a high fiber food, they can distend the stomach, giving an artificial feeling of being full. An hour later, you may feel hungry again, even though youve eaten enough food. Eating your food slowly and balancing high fiber foods with protein and fat will solve this Chinese food syndrome.

Day 238: mackerel

Eat at least one serving of mackerel per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Mackerel should be wild caught, never farm raised.

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Day 242: clover sprouts

Clover sprouts are sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for clover sprouts.

Eat at least one serving of clover sprouts at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Toss clover sprouts into salads. Clover sprouts can be used in coleslaw. Stir-fry clover sprouts with other vegetables. Place clover sprouts on top of omelets or scrambled eggs. Sauté clover sprouts with onions. And, of course, eat them fresh and uncooked in a sprout salad.

Because clover sprouts are a high fiber food, they can distend the stomach, giving an artificial feeling of being full. An hour later, you may feel hungry again, even though youve eaten enough food. Eating your food slowly and balancing high fiber foods with protein and fat will solve this Chinese food syndrome.

Day 244: sardine

Eat at least one serving of sardines per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Sardine should be wild caught, never farm raised.

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Day 249: sunflower sprouts

Sunflower sprouts are sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for sunflower sprouts.

Eat at least one serving of sunflower sprouts at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Toss sunflower sprouts into salads. Sunflower sprouts can be used in wraps and roll-ups. Add sunflower sprouts to sushi. And, of course, eat them fresh and uncooked in a sprout salad.

Because sunflower sprouts are a high fiber food, they can distend the stomach, giving an artificial feeling of being full. An hour later, you may feel hungry again, even though youve eaten enough food. Eating your food slowly and balancing high fiber foods with protein and fat will solve this Chinese food syndrome.

Day 250: turnip greens

Eat at least one serving of turnip greens per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

The American Diabetes Association recommends turnip greens as a non-starchy vegetable. The American Diabetes Association recommends turnip as a non-starchy vegetable. Diabetics are encouraged to eat lots of non-starchy vegetables.

Turnips have indole-3-carbinol, glucosinolates, and vitamin C that help prevent cancer by enhancing detoxification, protecting DNA, and inhibiting tumor formation.

Because lentil sprouts are a high fiber food, they can distend the stomach, giving an artificial feeling of being full. An hour later, you may feel hungry again, even though youve eaten enough food. Eating your food slowly and balancing high fiber foods with protein and fat will solve this Chinese food syndrome.

While kale is generally considered a garnish (and you can continue to use it that way), in the Goddess Diet Plan you include kale (cooked or raw) as a green leafy vegetable, such as in salads.

The American Diabetes Association recommends kale greens as a non-starchy vegetable. Diabetics are encouraged to eat lots of non-starchy vegetables.

Kale is an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Kale has vitamin D, an essential nutrient in fighting cancer.

Kale is an important source of dietary fiber.

Reason to choose organic: Kale is the number nine (9) most important food to purchase organic because of the high level of chemical residues in non-organic kale, according to the 2010 study by the Environmental Working Group.

Day 263: fenugreek sprouts

Fenugreek sprouts are sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for fenugreek sprouts.

Eat at least one serving of fenugreek sprouts at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Combine fenugreek sprouts in oat, barley, or buckwheat dishes. And, of course, eat them fresh and uncooked in a sprout salad.

Because fenugreek sprouts are a high fiber food, they can distend the stomach, giving an artificial feeling of being full. An hour later, you may feel hungry again, even though youve eaten enough food. Eating your food slowly and balancing high fiber foods with protein and fat will solve this Chinese food syndrome.

Day 275: rye

Eat at least one serving of rye per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Day 279: strawberry

Eat at least one serving of organic strawberries per month (daily during peak season), taking in account the season and local availability. Only eat organic strawberries.

The more colorful a strawberry is, the more antioxidants it has produced (as well as other phytonutrients that can help your body heal itself). These antioxidants help prevent cancer and help your body fight off any disease that is forming are has formed in your body.

A bright red strawberry is healthier than a pale red strawberry.

Strawberry is an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Strawberries are recommended by the American Diabetes Association because they have a low glycemic index (low G.I.).

Strawberries have vitamin C, an essential nutrient in fighting cancer.

According to Ayurveda, strawberries are a good food for reducing Vata, especially in the fall.

Reason to choose organic: Strawberries are the number three (3) most important food to purchase organic because of the high level of chemical residues in non-organic strawberries, according to the 2010 study by the Environmental Working Group.

Day 288: millet

Millet, a grain, is sacred to Bast and Renenutet. Honor and thank Bast and Renenutet for millet.

Eat at least one serving of millet per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Millet is an alkaline-producing food (measured by the ash content resulting from laboratory titration).

Day 295: cod

Eat at least one serving of cod (particularly black cod or sablefish) per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Cod should be wild caught, never farm raised.

If you do not currently eat fish and other seafood, do not start eating fish or seafood. The exception is that if you currently eat any mammals (including red or white meat) or birds, then add the recommended fish and seafood to your diet. If you currently eat fish or seafood, switch to the recommended fish and seafood.

If you eat fish, soak the fish in a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water before cooking. This will give the fish a sweeter taste and make the fish more tender.

Day 297: chia seeds

Chia seeds, a grain, are sacred to Bast and Renenutet. Honor and thank Bast and Renenutet for chia seeds.

Eat chia seeds at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Chia is a grain from Mexico. In America it is best known from the television ads for Chia Pets.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Chia seeds are a flavorless source of fiber, with more fiber per gram than any other whole food.

During times when you need more fiber, consider eating a tablespoon or two of chia seeds a day. Make sure to take with plenty of liquids. Chia seeds can be added to salads, smoothies, or nut butter sandwiches. Because chia seeds have a soft seed coat, you do not need to grind them before eating.

One or two tablespoons of chia seed and plenty of water can be useful if you have constipation.

Day 316: bulghar wheat or bulgur wheat

Eat at least one serving of bulgur wheat at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Day 320: triticale

Triticale, a grain, is sacred to Bast, Aset, Asets husband Asar, and Renenutet. Honor and thank Bast, Aset, Asar, and Renenutet for triticale.

Eat at least one serving of triticale at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Triticale is a grain.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Day 325: cereal grasses

Cereal grasses are sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for cereal grass.

Eat at least two servings of cereal grass at least once a week, taking in account the season and local availability.

The most famous cereal grasses are wheatgrass and barleygrass, which have separate listings. While both wheatgrass and barleygrass count for the cereal grass requirement, the cereal grass requirement also includes eating a variety of other cereal grasses.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Day 326: kamut or Khorasan wheat

Kamut (also known as Khorasan wheat), a grain, is sacred to Bast and Renenutet. Honor and thank Bast and Renenutet for kamut.

Eat at least one serving of kamut at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Kamut is a grain.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Day 364: bamboo shoots

Eat at least one serving of bamboo shoots per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

The American Diabetes Association recommends bamboo shoots as a non-starchy vegetable. Diabetics are encouraged to eat lots of non-starchy vegetables.

Because bamboo shoots are a high fiber food, they can distend the stomach, giving an artificial feeling of being full. An hour later, you may feel hungry again, even though youve eaten enough food. Eating your food slowly and balancing high fiber foods with protein and fat will solve this Chinese food syndrome.

Day 377: Chinese cabbage

Eat at least one serving of Chinese cabbage per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

The American Diabetes Association recommends Chinese cabbage as a non-starchy vegetable. Diabetics are encouraged to eat lots of non-starchy vegetables.

Because Chinese cabbage is a high fiber food, it can distend the stomach, giving an artificial feeling of being full. An hour later, you may feel hungry again, even though youve eaten enough food. Eating your food slowly and balancing high fiber foods with protein and fat will solve this Chinese food syndrome.

Day 394: calendula

Calendula flower is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for calendula.

Scientific and botanical name: Calendula officinalis

Eat at least one serving of calendula flower at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Calendula flower is an edible flower. Consider using calendula flower in salads and as a garnish. Calendula flower has a flavor similar to saffron and adds a golden hue to food.

Warning: Only the petals of this composite flower is edible. The pollen is highly allergenic and may cause reactions. Those with asthma, hayfever, or ragweed alergy should not consume or touch composite flowers.

Day 399: water chestnuts

Water chestnut is sacred to Bast, Aset (Isis), and Asets husband Asar. Honor and thank Bast, Aset, and Asar for water chestnuts.

Eat at least one serving of water chestnuts per month, taking in account the season and local availability.

The American Diabetes Association recommends water chestnuts as a non-starchy vegetable. Diabetics are encouraged to eat lots of non-starchy vegetables.

Because water-chestnuts are high fiber food, they can distend the stomach, giving an artificial feeling of being full. An hour later, you may feel hungry again, even though youve eaten enough food. Eating your food slowly and balancing high fiber foods with protein and fat will solve this Chinese food syndrome.

Day 406: garland chrysanthemum

Garland chrysanthemum is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for chrysanthemum.

Scientific and botanical name: Chrysanthemum coronarium

Eat at least one serving of garland chrysanthemum at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Chrysanthemum is an edible flower. Consider using chrysanthemum in salads and as a garnish. Chrysanthemum has a pungent, bitter taste.

Warning: Only the petals of this composite flower is edible. The pollen is highly allergenic and may cause reactions. Those with asthma, hayfever, or ragweed alergy should not consume or touch composite flowers.

Day 412: cornflower

Cornflower (also known as bachelors buttons) is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for cornflower.

Scientific and botanical name: Centaurea cynaus

Eat at least one serving of cornflower at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Cornflower is an edible flower. Consider using cornflower in salads and as a garnish. Range of taste from sweet to a spicy, clove-like flavor.

Warning: Only the petals of this composite flower is edible. The pollen is highly allergenic and may cause reactions. Those with asthma, hayfever, or ragweed alergy should not consume or touch composite flowers.

Day 415: dandelion flower

Dandelion flower is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for dandelion flower.

Scientific and botanical name: Taraxacum officinalis

Eat at least one serving of dandelion flower at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Dandelion flower is an edible flower. Consider using dandelion flower in salads and as a garnish. Young dandelion buds have a taste similar to mushrooms when cooked. Dandelion flower can be used to make dandelion wine.

Warning: Only the petals of this composite flower is edible. The pollen is highly allergenic and may cause reactions. Those with asthma, hayfever, or ragweed alergy should not consume or touch composite flowers.

Day 418: day lily

Eat at least one serving of day lily at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Day lily is an edible flower. Consider using day lily in salads and as a garnish. Day lily has a sweet, crunchy flavor, somewhat similar to chestnuts and lettuce. Note that most true lilies (Lillium Spp.) contain alkaloids and are not edible. Day lillies might have a laxative effect on some people.

Day 424: English daisy

English daisy is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for English daisy.

Scientific and botanical name: Bellis perennis

Eat at least one serving of English daisy at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

English daisy is an edible flower. Consider using English daisy in salads and as a garnish. English daisy has a tangy flavor.

Warning: Only the petals of this composite flower is edible. The pollen is highly allergenic and may cause reactions. Those with asthma, hayfever, or ragweed alergy should not consume or touch composite flowers.

Day 437: cassia

Cassia or Chinese cinnamon is a plant in the same genus as cinnamon, but a much lower grade spice. Avoid cassia. The vast majority of powdered cinnamon is actually lower cost cassia. Get cinnamon in stick form to know you are getting the right plant.

Day 439: gladiolus

Eat at least one serving of gladiolus at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Gladiolus is an edible flower. Consider using gladiolus in salads and as a garnish. Gladiolus has a flavor similar to lettuce.

Warning: Only the petals of this composite flower is edible. The pollen is highly allergenic and may cause reactions. Those with asthma, hayfever, or ragweed alergy should not consume or touch composite flowers.

Day 441: lions mane mushroom

Lions mane mushrooms are sacred to Bast and Brigid (Celtic). Honor and thank Bast for mushrooms.

Lions mane mushrooms are also called sheeps head mushroom or bears head mushroom. The Japanese name is yamabushitake. The Latin name is Hericium erinaceus.

Lions mane mushrooms have nerve-regenerative properties. Two novel classes of Nerve Growth Factors (NGFs)  molecules stimulating the differentiation and re-myelination of neurons  have been discovered in this mushroom so far. These cyathane derivatives are termed hericenones and erinacines.

Lions mane can taste very bitter unless cooked until crispy along the edges. Gourmet cooks caamelize lions mane mushroom in olive oil, deglaze with saké wine, and then finish with butter to taste.

Eat lions mane mushroom at least once per month. You may eat lions mane mushroom every day.

Day 453: farro

Eat at least one serving of farro at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Farro is a grain from Egypt.

Cereal and cereal grains are named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Ancient Egyptians left a little grain on their kitchen flour as an offering to satisfy the afarit or underworld spirits. Grains were associated with Renenutet, the Cobra Goddess, who was also the guardian of the infant Heru Sa Aset (or Horus). With just Her gaze, She could mesmerize the enemies of Heru Sa Aset (Horus).

Day 456: baobab

Baobab fruit is sacred to Bast. Honor and thank Bast for baobab fruit.

Eat at least one serving of baobab fruit powder at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

The baobab fruit is surrounded by an edible powder that is filled with antioxidants, calcium, iron, and potassium.

The baobab fruit powder is approximately 50% total fiber, has more calcium (gram for gram) than milk, more vitamin C than orange juice, more iron than red meat, more potassium than bananas and sweet potatoes, is full of antioxidants, and has one of the highest levels of magnesium of any fruit.

Day 529: sunflower

Eat at least one serving of sunflower at least once a month, taking in account the season and local availability.

Sunflower has an edible flower. Consider using sunflower in salads and as a garnish. Sunflower has a leafy, slightly bitter taste. Lessen the bitter taste by lightly steaming the petals. Unopened flower buds can be steamed like artichokes.

Day 545: safflower

Eat safflower at least once per month. You may eat safflower every day.

Safflower is typically used as a spice or herb.

Safflower is an edible flower. Consider using safflower in salads and as a garnish. Safflower has a very mild saffron-like flavor.

Warning: Only the petals of this composite flower is edible. The pollen is highly allergenic and may cause reactions. Those with asthma, hayfever, or ragweed alergy should not consume or touch composite flowers.

stop eating meat

For those raised on eating meats, switching to a meatless diet will be difficult. It can best be handled in stages, eliminating first red meats, then all mammals, and then birds.

In July 2009, after an exhaustive study review, the American Dietetic Association concluded that well-planned vegetarian diets are safe for all people at every stage of life, including pregnant women, nursing mothers, babies, children, teenagers, adults, and seniors.

The American Dietetic Association emphasizzed that a meat-free meal plan may lower rates of obesity, Type 2 adult onset diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers.

Oh, my fellow men, do not defile your bodies with sinful foods. We have corn, we have apples bending down the branches with their weight, and grapes swelling on the vines. There are sweet-flavored herbs, and vegetables which can be cooked and softened over the fire, nor are you denied milk or thyme-scented honey. The earth affords a lavish supply of riches, of innocent foods, and offers you banquets that involve no bloodshed or slaughter; only beasts satisfy their hunger with flesh, and not even all of those, because horses, cattle, and sheep live on grass., Pythagoras (Greek mathematician). Pythagoras ate bread and honey for breakfast and raw vegetables for supper. He also paid fishermen to throw their catch back into the sea.

Can you really ask what reason Pythagoras had for abstinence from flesh? For my part I rather wonder both by what accident and in what state of mind the first man touched his mouth to gore and brought his lips to the flesh of a dead creature, set forth tables of dead, stale bodies, and ventured to call food and nourishment the parts that had a little before bellowed and cried, moved and lived. How could eyes endure the slaughter when throats were slit and hides flayed and limbs torn from limb? How could his nose endure the stench? How was it that the pollution did not turn away his taste, which made contact with sores of others and sucked juices and serums from mortal wounds? It is certainly not lions or wolves that we eat out of self-defense; on the contrary, we ignore these and slaughter harmless, tame creatures without stings or teeth to harm us. For the sake of a little flesh we deprive them of sun, of light, of the duration of life to which they are entitled by birth and being. If you declare that you are naturally designed for such a diet, then first kill for yourself what you wnt to eat. Do it, however, only through your own resources, unaided by cleaver or cudgel or any kind of ax., Plutarch (Roman historian).

It may indeed be doubted whether butchers meat is anywhere a necessary of life. Grain and other vegetables, with the help of milk, cheese, and butter, or oil, where butter is not to be had, afford the most plentiful, the most wholesome, the most nourishing, and the most invigorating diet. Decency nowhere requires that any man should eat butchers meat., Adam Smith (British economist).

Let the advocate of animal food force himself to a decisive experiment on its fitness, and as Plutarch recommends, tear a living lamb with his teeth and, plunging his head into its vitals, slake his thirst with the steaming blood then, and then only, would he be consistent., Percy Bysshe Shelley (poet).

Is it not a reproach that man is a carnivorous animal? True, he can and does live, in a great measure, by preying on other animals; but this is a miserable wayas any one who will go to snaring rabbits, or slaughtering lambs, may learnand he will be regarded as a benefactor of his race who shall teach man to confine himself to a more innocent and wholesome diet. Whatever my own practice may be, I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with the more civilized., Henry David Thoreau, Walden.

Various philosophers and religious leaders tried to convince their disciples and followers that animals are nothing more than machines without a soul, without feelings. However, anyone who has ever lived with an animalbe it a dog, a bird, or even a mouseknows that this theory is a brazen lie, invented to justify cruelty., Isaac Bashevis Singer (Nobel literature prize winner).

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